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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "owelle adams" <owelleadams@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 04:17:52 -0700
Subject: From Mr Kelvin, Westminster Finance Company
For the attention of Chief Executive/Ceo.
Having gotten your contact email address from a personally search, I decided
to write you about an urgent Business below.
I am a staff of National Westminster Finance.I am writing following an
opportunity in my office that will be of benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $15 million United
State Dollars (Fifteen million United State Dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Robert Thorgrimson an
American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his Family.
You will read more about the crash on visiting this site, if you did not
believe me.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin perished along with him
in the plane crash leaving nobody with no knowledge of this fund behind for
the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this
department now decided to make business with you and release the money to
you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained
after Five years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while
the balance will be for me and my colleagues. I will visit your country for
the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this
money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is our
watchword in this transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you
receive this mail you should contact me by return mail.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these
funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do
receive your response.
Please in your response include your telephone, fax number, Occupation,
address and other of your details that could enable me put up an Application
to the Finance Company on your behalf, stating that the next of kin has
arrived for the claim of the above fund.
We look forward for your urgent response.
Best regards
Mr Kelvin Mark.
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