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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: "mark1johnson" <mark1johnson@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 04:59:44 -0600
Subject: Urgent Business Co-operation.
From:
The Desk of Dr. Mark Johnson.
Bill And Exchange Manager-(BIB)
BANQUE INTERNATIONAL DU BENIN,
Republic of Benin. West Africa.
Phone: 00229 9747 8025.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Compliments of the day. I deceided to contact you after I received a worthy information about your reliability and honesty; hence I confide in you.
I am Dr. Mark Johnson, from (BANQUE INTERNATIONAL DU BENIN), Republic of Benin. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum US 12.5000,000.M(Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family on 25th December 2003 in a plane crash.VIEW THIS WEB SITE http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane clash leaving no body behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after SIX Years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Beninois can not stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me. There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arrange,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next or kin of the deceased indicating the following;
1.) Your bank name,
2.) Your bank account,
3.) Your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application which you will fill and send to the bank as the next of kin to the late account holder and the beneficiary of the said funds. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements has been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter on my private line 00229 9747 8025.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Mark Johnson.
Mobile: 00229 9747 8025.
Cotonou-Republic du Benin.
Contact E-mail: drmajohnson@yahoo.fr
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