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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: "Tunde Owokola" <jimmyroy_83@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tunde_owokola@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 10:51:39 +0000
Subject: STAND AS NEXT OF KIN
Dear Sir/Madam,I am an accountant with INTERCONTINENTAL BANK; my name is Tunde Owokola Banker.
I am the Accounts officer to Engr M. Blanco, a National of your country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.
Here in after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000, my client,his wife, and their three children were involved in air crash which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and they all family died in this fatal air crash on 30 JAN 2000 Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged, particularly the INTERCONTINENTAL BANK. Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($1.5 million u s dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($1.5 million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money.50% to me and 45% to you and While 5% for unforeseen bottlenecks we might incur in this transaction, an attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further and also send your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.Best regards,
Mr. Tunde Owokola.
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