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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: paul martins <paulmartins114@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: paulmartinssss@myway.com
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 17:09:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Business transaction
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: paulmartins114@yahoo.com
My name is Paul Martins, I am the personal Attorney to Mr. Andrew Hendricks,I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from my deceased client, precisely $10.5M Though I know that a Transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and Worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been well taken Care off, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to Contact you due to the urgency of this transaction. To ease your Apprehension, I got your contact from the British chambers of commerce and industry, foreign trade division. PROPOSITION; I am the account Officer of a foreigner named Andrew Hendricks, who died in an air crash Along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the Website below which was published by
CNN.WEBSITE.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for This money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident (May His soul rest in peace). The fund cannot be release unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased. I now seek your Permission to have you stands as a next of kin to the deceased, as all Documentations will be carefully worked out by me the lawyer for the Funds to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of kin. Because the money might soon be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills. So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his Name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to these funds rather Than allow the bank confiscate the fund. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if You are interested.
1. Your full names as shown on your traveling passport.
2. Date of birth and occupation.
3. Details particulars of your contact address.
4. Direct Telephone and fax numbers; all this information’s I’ll use to
file in an application to the bank on your behalf as the beneficiary.
NOTE.
You shall get 30% of the total sum on final conclusion of this
Project for your assistance, as I have also thought of doling out 5%
To charity organization from your locality based on your
Recommendation, the balance shall be for investment purposes in your
Country as i cannot bring back this cash to my country. If this
Proposal is acceptable by you; please endeavor to contact me
immediately.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you by
Informing you of this transaction. Hope to read from you soon. Thank you and God bless. please get in touch with me through my email to enable us discuss further; barrpaulmartins055@myway.com
Regards.
Barrister Paul Martins.
- paul martins
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