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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: "brain juan" <brain_juan1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abbas_daniel88@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:38:46 -0800
Subject: attention please !!
From the Desk of:
Mr. Daniel O.Abbas,
Deputy General Manager,
Commercial Banking,
First Bank PLC.,
ADDRESS; Dear Sir,RE:URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION.I am Daniel O.Abbas, a member of the
management team and The Deputy General Manager at the Head Office of the First Bank Of Plc with the, Commercial Banking Department.am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business pportunity in my Department. We discovered an abandoned sum of US$35,500,000(THIRTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY). in an account that belongs to on of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in November 1997 in a motor accident.Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and put claims for his money as the heir,because we account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since one came for it or discovered he maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as Unclaimed fund. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;20 % for you as foreign partner,75 % for us the officials in my settlement of all local and foreign Expenses incurred by you and us during the course of this business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of Recycling the fund. To commence this ansaction, we require you to Immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax number full name and address and your bank coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the Appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made. Note also,
this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature. I look forward to receiving your prompt response only at:email:[abbas_daniel88@yahoo.com]
Daniel O.Abbas
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