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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: <chris_donald@virgilio.it>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:57:23 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject:
I wait to hear from you.
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Originating-IP: 213.185.106.96
Dear Maaike.
I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry
for the embarrassment this mail might be to you as we have not met or
known each other before.
My name is Chris donard. I was a good friend
to Late Mr.Roy j. Maaike, a national of your country, who until his
death has no wife nor son or daughter to claim his assets hence he was
buried here.
He was a contractor and has spent most of his life in my
country Nigeria. Mr. Roy J.Maaike were involved in a car accident
along
Benin/Onitsha express road and unfortunately lost his life on
the 27th day of September 2002 at Onitsha. Since then I havemade
several enquiries to your country embassy to locate any of my friends
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful hence: he has no
next-of-kin at the time of his death.
After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to contact you since all my effort to trace or late
any member of his family failed me so that you as a foreigner will
assist me as my late friend next-of-kin in repatriating the assets and
Capital valued at US$7.5million left behind by my friend before it gets
confiscated by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged as
treasury bills.
The said Bank in Nigeria has issued me a notice to
provide the next of Kin or have the treasury bill confiscated. Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating any of my friend's relatives for
over one year now, I seek the consent to present you as the Next-of-kin
to the deceased since you are a foreigner and has the same last name
with my late friend, so that the proceeds of this treasury bill can be
paid to you.
Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall
then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for claim. I have all the
necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the
claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
the law.
Reply through my alternativee-mail address:-
(dr_chris_donarson@yahoo.com)
I wait to hear from you.
Best regards,
dr chrisdonarson
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