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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: frank akagu <frank_akagu1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: frank_akagu@myway.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:25:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: reply
Dear VICTIMNAME,
Thanks for your mail towards my proposed business to you,and contents are well noted.
Be rest assured that this transaction is completely legal and your participation is 100% protected as we have perfected every legal aspect inorder to ensure a sucessful transfer and hitch free transaction, so you have nothing to worry about.
I would appreciate working with you as my foreign partner in this great transaction which of course is going to bring a long lasting business relationship between both parties.
The details of the transaction are as follows:
1.This business is 100% risk free both now and in future as all legal aspect has been taken care of perfectly on your bebalf, and this would enable the standard trust bank where the funds was lodged into approve the release of the funds on your behalf as you are standing as the next of kin and a close relative to late Mr.John VICTIMNAME.
2.I have worked out all the necessary modalities and arrangement to ensure a hitch free transaction and sucessful remittance of the total funds(US$20M) into your nominated account of which you must have the total funds confirmed into your account within 72 working hours after the bank has approve the release of the funds on your name.
Meanwhile,I have just finalised my discussions and meetings on your behalf with a very good lawyer here in Nigeria called Barrister Williams Chukwu.The lawyer will represent you in the Bank as your legal representative to ensure that the bank approve immediately the transfer of the funds.The attorney told me that he is going to commence legal action in the bank immediately he receive your particulars like your full name,your receiving bank details where you would like the standard trust bank to remit the total funds into, your age,your occupation,your address, and your private telephone number for easy comunication.
Please be informed that nobody has any idea of this business except you and I,including my colleague working with the bank that is involved. I want you to maintain the utmost secrecy,trust and confidentiality that this business required so that we can be able to achieve our goal in this business without any error along the line.
You shall retain 30% of the total funds once it gets into your nominated account, 10% will be used for settlement of taxes to the govt of your country while 60% is for me and one of my colleague involved.
You can call me on my private telephone for proper clarifications and discussions regarding this business on your receipt of this mail: 234-80-27663164,and you can get me on this phone at any time of the day.
Awaiting your particulars so that we can move ahead towards the conclusion of this business.
Best Regards,
Mr.Frank Agu.
N.B:FURTHER COMUNICATION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THIS MY NEW YAHOO MAIL BOX AS I AM HAVING DIFFICULTIES ACCESSING MY PREVIOUS MAIL BOX
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