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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: "philip Duncan" <philipduncan20061@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:50:10 +0000
Subject: Philip Duncan(Reply ASAP)
PROPOSITION:
I am Mr Philip Duncan, Account officer of a foreigner, named Gerald Welsh
who died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline with other passengers on board. You can confirm this fact
from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his relations or persons have come forward to lay
claims to his funds as next-of-kin, and on my own I have made concerted
effort to locate any of his relatives but all proved abortive, which makes
me to believe that maybe nobody of his knows that he was operating this
foreign account with my bank. Based on the ethics and policies of the bank,
this fund will be declared unclaimed funds and taken to the treasury of the
bank as capital base of the bank, because already the account has been
tagged dormant because it has exceeded the normal functional number of
years.
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for it or
lays claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines and the European banking laws. Upon this discovery, I now seek
your permission and assistance to present you and have you stand as a next
of kin to the deceased, so that the funds can be released and transfer to
you, as all documentations will be carefully worked out from the bank you
applying legally for the funds (US$29,520,000.00) to be released in your
favor as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to know that I
have secured from the probate commission an order of mandamus to locate any
of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are
interested.
1 A Beneficiary name. In which the funds document can be prepared.
2 Direct Telephone and fax number. For our personal contact.
Upon your acceptance I shall send you my identity for more confidentiality
and trust in each other as I shall trust you not to elope with this fund
when it finally gets to your account. I shall be compensating you with 20%
of the sum of (US$29,520,000.00) Fifteen Million United State Dollars on
final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while the balance, I
shall use in prolific investment projects as I intend to retire after the
conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable to you,
please endeavor to contact me immediately.
philipduncanmail@yahoo.co.uk
Yours truly,
Philip Duncan.
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