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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: MR STEPHEN OWUSU <mr_stephenowusu@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 18:39:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MAIL
FROM MR Stephen Owusu
P.O BOX 1234 ACCRA GHANA
HIGH COURT ROAD GHANA ACCRA
Tel:00233 243 646 045.
Dear sir
I am Mr.Stephen Owusu, an accountant with the INTERNATIONALCOMMERCIAL
BANK in Ghana, me and my colleagues have an urgent and very confidential
business proposal for you.
On June 8, 2004, an American mining consultant with the Ghana mining
corporation, Mr. Travis saucer made a fixed deposit for twelve (12)
months valued at US$,120,000,000.00 (one hundred and twenty million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally, we discovered
from his contract employers, the Ghanaian mining corporation that, he died
from an automobile accident. On further investigation,we found out from his
file that he never made a will and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.
We therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Travis
Saucer did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official
documents in the bank. This sum of $120,000,000.00 is still lying in the
bank and the principal sum and interest is being rolled over at the end of
every year.
As it is now, no one will ever come forward to claim this money.
According to the Ghanaian law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Government if unclaimed. Consequently,
my proposal is that I would like you to stand in as the next of kin of Mr.
Travis Saucer. This is simple; all we need is your bank account, your
full name and address telephone/fax number so that the Attorney will prepare
the necessary documents and affidavits which would put you in place as Mr.
Saucer's next of kin. We shall employ the services of an accredited
Attorney for the drafting and notarization of the Will and to obtain the
necessary dcuments and letters of probate/administration in your favour for the
transfer. The money would be shared in the ration of 60% for us and 40%
for you.
There is no risk at all as the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and my position as the Bank's branch Manager guarantees
the successfulexecution of this transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for us. I shall still require your
assistance to invest my own share in your country as am still working awaiting
my retirement year. Awaiting your reply.
Best Regard
MR Stephen Owusu
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