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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: "okoh david" <okohdav2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: okohdavid@z6.com
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 20:11:30 +0100
Subject: BE THE NEXT OF KIN
FROM: THE DESK OF DR DAVID OKOH
DIRECTOR, CREDIT CONTROL UNIT,
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
PRIVATE EMAIL: okohdavid@z6.com
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Good Day,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE
EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM
OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY
INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM DR DAVID OKOH,
DIRECTOR CREDIT CONTROL UNIT, UNION BANK OF NIGERIA
PLC. LAGOS. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE
SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN NIGERIA CHAMBER OF COMMENCE
AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST,
COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND
WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER,
AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,
UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN
AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH. HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT
THE PLANE CRASH.(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html)THE
DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS
A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT JULY 2000 WORTH $18M (EIGHTEEN MILLION USD). WHICH
MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A
NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS,
EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY UNION BANK OF NIGERIA TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH THE MR MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER'S
FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS
BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE
MOHAMED KAMAL'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE
DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN
ACCOUNT.IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT I HAVE CONTACTED YOU
TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL
YASSER SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO
THE DECEASED. ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS
HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM
THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH
TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS
BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE
COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE
KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES
BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME
THROUGH MY DIRECT PHONE NO. 234-805-282-8970 OR EMAIL ME ON:
okohdavid@z6.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION. I AWAITS YOUR
URGENT RESPONSE,
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR DAVID OKOH
_________________________________________________________________
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