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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: "fred charles" <fredcharles2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 13:34:46 +0000
Subject: From Mr Charles
From Mr Frederick Charles
ALEXANDER & MELANE ATTORNEYS
NO.19 CARLTON TOWER, JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL
SOUTH AFRICA.
Tel/ Fax + 27 11 219 7053
Dear Sir,
It is my privilege to capture your names from the internet. My name is
Attorny Frederick Charles a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to
late Mr Adams Fonseca, a foreigner who died along with his wife and his Two
sons in a ghastly motor accident along Port louis-Reduit express in August
13, 2002.All the occupants in the vehicle lost their lives. I am convinced
that it was the grace of God that made me to locate you.
My client was a successful and am accomplished family man, who made enough
fortune before his untimely death. Since then I had made several inquiries
through Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relative but this
exercise has proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I
decided to trace his relatives through the Internet, to locate any member of
his family not much progress was recorded.
My late client was an influential wealthy businessman, a Gold
magnet(marchant) here in South Africa and he left behind a deposit of Five
Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollar($5,200,000.00USD) in his
domiciliary bank account in a commercial bank here in South Africa.
After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorney to
provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune. The board of
directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his
next of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working days or forfeit
the money to the bank as an abandoned fund.
The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to
confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.
Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness, fortunately, I came across your
name, to my utmost amazement , you are nationals of the same country.
Convinced that you may be linked with my late client or that you might
provide clue to my search,
I therefore, decided to contact you with these facts before me because of
the situation now. By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his
immediate family, I am very much aware of my client financial standing and
the bank account he operates. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel
it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased
client, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank account, hence I
contacted you.
I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since
you are at an advantage as a foreigner too, so that the proceeds of this
Bank Account valued at $5.2 Million Dollars can be paid to you.
We shall both share the funds. 55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be
for Expenses or Tax as your Government may require, I shall assemble all the
necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up our claim . All I
require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of law. Please get in touch with me by
email or on above telephone to enable us discuss further.
Best Regards
Barrister Frederick Charles
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