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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: roy cole <roycole_manager@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:22:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: urgent proposal
Mr Roy Smith Cole,
Branch Manager,
Union Bnak plc,
Nigeria.
Hello Mr Bert Bruinink,
This letter must come to you as a big surprise but i believe it is a day that people meet and become great freinds and business partners.
my name is Mr Roy Smith Cole the present branch manager of a bank here in nigeria reveal to you. like i said, i have a transaction that will benefit both of us, as your assistance is required as a foreigner.
I use to head the account department in my bank head office, but last decenber i was asked to take possition of a manager our branch in lagos who passed on, so that was how i became the present manager and discorvered a fortune,
As i resume duty, i discorvered an account with total sum of $40.6 million that has not been operated on for the past 4years, from my investigation, i found out that this account belongd to one late Mr, Bruinink garman bit time oil dealer, who unfortunately lost in life in Air France Concorde New York bound flight; please click here to confirm the incidence:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
i have kept a close monitoringof the account since then and nobody has come forward to claim the money as next of kin to the late Mr Bruinink, meaning that no one is aware of the account , i can not directly take out this money without the help od a forigner and that is why i am contacting you for an assistance to claim the funds and share it with me as the last name look the same....
As the manager of the bank branch, i have the power to influence the release of the funds to any for to any foringner that comes up as the next of kin to the account, with the correct information concering the account, which i shall give you.
I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to the account.
There is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed ubder a legitimate arrangment will protect you from any breach of law.
If you accept to work with me, i want you to state how you wish us to share the funds in percentage, so that both parties will be satisfied. contact me as soon as you recieve this message if you feel we can work together, so we can go over the details.
Thnking you in advance and may god bless you.
please treat with utmost confidentiality.
i wait your urgent proposal.
Regard
Roy Smith Cole.
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