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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: BENSON HOLMES <maberumour20010@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: b_holmesb1@phat.co.nz
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 12:47:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTN: YOUR IMMEDIATE AND URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: maberumour20010@yahoo.com
Attn:
I, attorney Benson Holmes of dynamic chambers London do hereby seek your consent on behalf of my late client Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, who made you a beneficiary in the item 3 of the codicil and last testament to her will to present you the beneficiary to her estate which worth with shares and dividends of £820,000 British pounds Sterling that was deposited with the Management of National Westminster Bank London.
My late client died in a fatal accident with her husband and only son on the 8th day of February 2004 on their way coming back from a friends wedding ceremony .Until her death she was consultant to several oil and gas industries. She had a sojourn in the United States and so many other countries before she came to Cairn Energy PLC an oil and gas exploration and Production Company based in the United Kingdom and Australia. She belonged to several non-governmental and scientific organizations. She was also a great philanthropist and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club International.
In accordance to our Inheritance laws over here, the estates of any death British citizens are been processed and transferred to the beneficiaries of the said estates within the quarterly period or range in which the estate was deposited and on that notice, I was mandated by the Bank to provide the beneficiary (YOU) within the Next seven official working days or have your total inheritance sum rendered unserviceable and declared unclaimed.
All the inheritance sums for this quarter has been processed and approved for transfer and my clients name happened to be in the Batch 031NBIHT the bank is transferring their inheritance to the beneficiaries this quarter that will end soonest.
To that effect I official seek your consent as the beneficiary to this inheritance sum to present you to the bank and apply so that her entitlements will be transferred over to you through the said legal process. Every legal clearance backing you up for claims has been submitted to the bank of which they will be contacting you any moment from now. it is pertinent to note that this is not risky in any way, and does not require much engagement as the bank are taking care of this transaction in full capacity.
All I require from you is your maximum support and honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the British laws.
This inheritance is to support your activities, humanitarian services and help to the less-privileged in the society.
You are required to forward the following details of yours; full names, Current residential address, occupation, age, phone and fax numbers for verification and re-confirmation
and which will be endorsed in the bank and the Judiciary to avoid misdirecting of the funds to you. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter immediately .Congratulations.
As the case may be, I have to stand by your side as your Personal Attorney and the executor of this transaction, to make sure that this fund gets to you soonest which you have to give me the benefit of doubt in the discharge of my professional expertise and once this is implemented I will use every machinery of the law to make sure that your inheritance funds is transferred to you as demanded by the law.
You have to take note of this that your transaction is a legal matter and strictly ought to be kept highly confidential until you have your funds transferred to you and in your custody.
I hope you will not delay in this transaction because I don't want this transaction to last more than five official working days and you have this fund in your custody. Get back to me strictly on this email immediately because of the sensitivity and confidentiality of your inheritance case for me to know my stand in this transaction.
Thanks
Yours Sincerely,
Benson Holmes (Esq.)
N.B
Reply should be mail to (b_holmesb1@phat.co.nz)
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This email message, including any attachments, may contain confidential and proprietary information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, copying or dissemination of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify Dynamic Chambers and Associates immediately by reply email or by calling Dynamic Law Office at +44 7023 194 2373, +44 709 468 9262.Then delete this message from your system, without making any copy or distribution. Thank you.
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- BENSON HOLMES
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