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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: "anthonypeters20042006@yahoo.co.uk" <anthonypeters@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 13:31:01 -0600
Subject: ASSISTANCE NEEDED.
MR. ANTHONY PETERS
United Kingdom.
Attention,
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
My name is Anthony Peters, I am the credit manager in a
bank here in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you of a business
transfer,
of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but
I am assuring you that everything has been taken care off, and all will
be
well at the end of
the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of
this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald Welsh who died in
an air
crash along with his wife in 31st October 1999 an Egyptian airline 990
with
other passengers on board. you can confirm this from the website below
from
published by CNN.WEBSITE
PUBLISHED ON CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for
this
money as his heir, because they all died in
the same accident(May his soul rest in peace). We cannot
release the fund from his account unless someone applies
for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking
guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you
stand
as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be
carefully
worked out by me for the funds (US$5,000,000.00) to be released in your
favour
as
the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to
know that we have secured from the probate an order of
mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following information if
you are
interested.
1. A Beneficiary name and your residential address?.In
order for me to prepare the document for transfer of the
funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers??.For our personal
contact and mutual trust in each other. Upon your
acceptance I shall send you a copy of my international
passport and drivers license for more confidentiality and trust.
I shall be compensating you with a million dollars
($1Million dollars) on final conclusion of this project for your
assistance,
while the balance $4 million dollars shall be for me for investment
purposes.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed
in you.
Best Regards,
ANTHONY PETERS.
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