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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: s_david1250 solomon <s_david1250@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:25:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PLS ;BE HONEST TO ME
Dear Friend,
Good day to you.
I am Mr David Solomon an accountant in the bill and exchange department of the foreign remmittance section of Banque Togolaise De Developpement Lome,Togo in West Africa
I contacted you into this transaction so that you will stand as the next of kin before this bank to enable the bank to effect the transfer of this fund into your bank account,
after the last auditte In my department this discovered an abandoned
sum amountof ( $ 14.2 million US dollars) fourteen million two hundred thunsand US dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers,
Mr William .f. Abrahamson, who was a victim in 2001
World Trade Center, at/in building suicide bombing in Pentagon septmber 11th 2001 and he died..
Since we got this information about his death, we have been expecting his next of Kin to come over and claim this money because the bank can not release the money unless somebody applies for it, as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in the banking and financial policies, but fortunately we got this information that he was a victim to this bombing suicide and none of his family know's about this fun.
no body come's over to claim this money yet.
After discovery that I and one of my colleagues in my department now decided to make this business proposal to you so that you work together with me as a foreigner for the bank to release this fun to you as the next of kin or relation to this deceased man for safety and subsequent disbursement,
since nobody is coming for the fun and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund to this bank.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Six years the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund. The Bank request for the nexst of kine to come up . so as a foreigner you shall stand as next of kin into this business occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigene can not stand as next of kin to the deceased family,
upon the conclusion of this transaction.
We agreed that 20% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account,
5% will be set aside for expenses that may incurre during this transaction, and 75 % will be for me and my next colleague.
Thereafter, I and my colleague will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. To enable the immediate transfer of this fun to you as arranged above, you must apply first to the Bank as the relation or next of kin to the deceased indicating.
Your full Names...................
your private telephone ...........
fax number .............
Home Address...................
for easy and effective communication
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of the application. I Must tell you that this is favour from God the transation is risk free and you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the Claim.
VERY IMPORTANT DO NOT LET MY BANK KNOW THAT I CONTACTED
YOU INTO THIS TRANSATION ....FOR MY JOB SAKE !!!!!
we shall invest our own share in your country to avoid peoples awareness as we are civil servants here.
With your acceptance and cooperation, we shall conclude this transtion within seven working days. Please keep this very confidential.
You can contact me on thesame E-MAIL address as soon as you receive this letter.
my phone number 00228 993 36 26
May God be with you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr David Solomon
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