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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: "Albert Blake" <albertblake046@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:25:15 +0000
Subject: urgent.
136 Murray Rd, Pinetown,
Durban, South Africa.
Date: 14th July 2006
Dear Sir,
This Email may come to you as a surprise, however your judgement is correct,
but I still advice that you peruse. I am Advocate Albert Blake, an attorney
from Durban, South Africa and a personal attorney to late Mr. Allen
Friedman, (hereinafter referred to as my “client”) an expatriate and mining
contractor who used to work in my country here in South Africa as an
Engineering Consultant with South African mining Corporation.
On the 31st of January 2000, my client died from an air crash aboard Alaska
Airline flight 261 that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000.
(http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/index.html). My
client used to be a close friend of my late father who also died four years
ago. Shortly, before my client’s death, he had instructed me to prepare his
WILL but without a named beneficiary yet. As he was contemplating on a
suitable beneficiary since he had neither wife nor children before he died
from the air crash. Since that unfortunate incident, I have made several
enquiries to locate any of my client's relatives to facilitate repatriation
of his estate from Africa. My efforts up till date proved unsuccessful.
His personal house in the capital city Pretoria has already been confiscated
by the government.
The reason for contacting you is to assist me urgently in repatriating the
sum of Thirty Million U.S. Dollars (US$30,000,000) left behind by my client
before his death. This amount of money is kept in safe custody with a
security/finance company operating between Africa and Europe. The security
company has issued me a notice to provide the next-of- kin of my client or
have the money declared unserviceable and returned to the South African
government. I cannot claim this money myself because of my position as the
Attorney to the deceased and the Security Company is aware of this
situation.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives for five
years now, I seek your consent for a confidential co-operation with me so
that I can present you as the next-of-kin to my client – Mr. Allen
Friedmann,for the money to be paid to you as the beneficiary. Note that
this transaction is simple and risk free because I will provide you with
expert legal services, documentations and transaction codes that will
guarantee the successful execution of this deal with the security/finance
company. All I require is your honesty and serious co-operation to enable
us see the deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
I wish to point out that after the claims, I would want 20% of this money to
be shared among charity organizations, while the remaining 80% is shared
equally between us. You will agree with me that it is a better judgement for
us to claim this money and put into profitable/peaceful use than allowing it
to be confiscated and divided amongst the corrupt government in South
Africa. If you are capable of handling this transaction, please reply
immediately here is alternative email address:-
advocatealbertblake@yahoo.co.uk
With your full names, contact address, age, telephone and fax number to
enable us discuss and proceed accordingly.
Note that this matter is highly confidential and MUST be treated as such.
Yours faithfully,
Advocate Albert Blake.
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