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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: Mr Willis Wade. <williwd3@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:11:26 +0200
Subject: Your Genuine Assistance Required.
Dear Friend,
I can imagine how you will feel receiving a sudden business letter from a remote country in far away
Africa and probably from someone you are not closely related with. But all the same, I believe we do not
need to be of blood relatives before we can establish cordial/business relationship. Having said this, I
think it is very important at this juncture to introduce myself to you.
My Name is Willis Wade. A credit officer with one of The leading Bank in Republic of South Africa, I was
recently transferred to our affiliate Bank in the Netherlands to monitor the transfer and safe keeping Of
our late foreign customers Funds MR.ANDREAS DENK POTTHOFF from GERMANY.I was the personal
accountant to our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash
leaving behind a total sum of (USD14.5 MILLION) in our bank.
Details of the tragedy can be found in this page below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, I have been expecting his Next of kin 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 guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next
of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release
the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Apex bank treasury as
unclaimed bills.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Six years,
the money will be transferred into the Apex bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as
next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an Indigene
cannot stand as next of kin .Your percentage will be declared to you as soon as you indicate your
interest.Therefore, to enable the immediate claims of this fund by you in line with our perfected modality;
you must apply first as relation or next of kin of the deceased.
As soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I will provide you with the
details. You can reach me on my private and confidentiall email:wi_wade@hotmail.com
Regards,
Mr Willis Wade.
NOTE: If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly delete/destroy this email in view of the
confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved.
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