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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: ken pradman <kenpradman08@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:19:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM KEN PRADMAN
37 Bedford Row London WC1R 4JH
DX 75 Chancery Lane.
Send Your Reply To:kenprad@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,
Am Mr.Ken Pradman, in charge of Bills and Foreign Exchange Remittance Department with a Finance House. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department. I discovered an unclaimed sum of $25Million (Twenty five Million Dollars) deposited belonging to (Mr. John Rivers), a native of your country. Who was a petroleum/gas consultant/contactor with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation who happens to be deceased during a business trip? He died with his wife and three children on board the Swissair Flight 111, which crashed into the Atlantic off Nova Scotia in September 2nd 1998. The plane crash was in the news. See links below for more detail information:
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/. Transcript
Since we got information about his death I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money. Unfortunately, neither the family nor the relation has appeared to claim this money’s we cannot release this money unless somebody applies as the next of kin or relation to the deceased. I therefore decided to look for a foreigner who bears the same surname.
Our guidelines indicated that if such money remained unclaimed for a period of eight (8) years, it would be transferred into the Finance House Treasury as unclaimed fund. I decided to transfer this money into your account as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for easy collection since nobody is coming for it and I don’t want this money to go back into the Finance House treasury as the unclaimed debt.
I have decided to give you 25% of the total sum. There is no risk involved. Because I will use my position as an Officer and prepare all the legal documents/papers. I will do my best to see that we conclude this transaction successfully on time. Please if you are interested send me an immediate mail.
Please your Cell phone and fax is required for easy communication
Send Your Reply To: kenprad@yahoo.com
Respectfully,
Mr Ken Pradman
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