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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: KOFI KELVIN <kelvin_bekee@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:13:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: pls i need ur asistant
FROM KELVIN CHAMBER & ASSOCIATE
Suite 52,Saka Plaza,Accra Ghana.
Direct Tel:+23-414 751299
Dear Friend,
I am Barr.Kelvin Kofi personal attorney to late Eng.Thomas,a national
of your country, who use to work with zenon gold minning company here
in Accra Ghana, herein after, shall be referred to as my client. My
client with his entire family were travelling to another city of ghana on 22nd of August 2004 for a tourism visit and unfortunately they were
involved in a car accident that occure along accra express way and
unfortunately my client and his entire family lost their lives in that auto crash that needed not to have happened.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives but this proved unsuccessful After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no
avail,hence I contacted you. My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client prior to his death before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged and where the deceased had an account valued at about US$10.5 Million dollars. The guidelines of the bank stipulates that if any deposit remained unclaimed for over a period of 2 years and few months, without the fund claimed, the said deposit will be confiscated and this will happen with some couple of official working months if nobody comes for the money. The company had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.5million
dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money 55%
for me and 45% for you. I will secure certificate of deposit and other
relevant approvals documents that can be used to back up any claim we
may make.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed
legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.
Looking forward to hear from you soonest.
With best regards,
Barr. Kelvin Kofi.
NB:Pls include to me your private telephone and fax numbers in your
response.
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