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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: "kw_as12" <kw_as5@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:07:36 -1200
Subject: From Mr. Nana Peter
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Mr. Kwesi N. Peter, Budget and Account manager of
Standard Trust Bank. I have an urgent and very confidential
business proposition for you. In June, 2000, a German
property consultant and importer of used cars, Mr. Andreas
Schranner made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$8.5m(Eight Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars )in my branch.
It was to our utter surprise that we heard of his death,
wife and children in an AF4590 plane crash in July 2000. See
website below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm on
further investigation, I found out that he died without
making a WILL, and hitherto, all attempts to trace his next
of kin was fruitless. Mr. Andreas Schranner was residing at
House 3 Medina, Accra Ghana.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare any kin or relations
in all his official documents including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$8.5m is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over
with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will
ever come forward to claim it.
According to Laws of Ghana, at the expiration of 10 (Tine)
years, the money will be declared frozen and forfeited to
the Ghana Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin or business partner
to Mr. Andreas Schranner so that the fruits of this old
man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. This is simple,
I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address, phone and fax numbers so that I can prepare the
necessary documents that will put you in place as the next
of kin or business partner. Your role in the transaction is
to send an application for claim of the funds to our bank.
Then, as top officials of the bank, I shall work
behind-the-scene to make sure that your application is
approved by the management of the bank, and the funds
transferred to your nominated bank account.
Please note that there is no risks involve at all, as all
the paperwork for this transaction will be done legitimately
and with my positions as top officials of the bank I would
ensure a successful execution of this transaction. If you
are interested, please reply immediately.
Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers
for easy communication. You should observe utmost
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable for
both of us because I will require your assistance to invest
my share in your country. I look forward to your prompt
response. Please get back to through my private mail box.
Thanks and regards.
Mr. Kwesi N. Peter.
From the desk of Mr.Awudu A
Standard Trust Bank
Accra-Ghana West Africa
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