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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: kennedy cole <kennedy_cole_ik@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: kennedy_cole2007@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:04:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: your urgent help needed
Best compliment of the day.My name is Kennedy Cole from the United
States of America.I am a student of university of Kent(uk),Department of
medical sciences.
However i got your contact through the united states embassy here in UK
as a responsible citizen i can confide in.I am writing in respect of my
father,Engr Andrea Cole,who used to work with Shell petroleum
development company in Nigeria.My father perished with my only sister,and mum
along with 114 other passengers onboard a bellview air-line plane crash
in Ogun state Nigeria on october 22nd 2005.
Few days after his death,i was contacted by his attorney in Nigeria who
revealed to me that the Federal Governement of Nigeria has released
thirty four million dollars($34 million USD) which was a contract balance
payment for a contract executed by my late dad before his death.The
money has been lodged in the Citizens Bank of Nigeria for
safekeeping.The said bank has has ordered my family lawyer to provide the next of
kin to my dad or have the money confiscated as unclaimed fund.
As the only left kin to my dad,i left Uk for Nigeria immediatly only to
find out that i cannot claim this money on my own due to the fact that
i am only a student and know less partaking this type of transaction.I
also do not have a bank account in the United States where the money
will be transfered into.As the only next of kin,i have made a move with
my family lawyer who then suggested that i get a foreign investor/adult
relation to take he responsibility for i am inexprienced and
financially imbalanced.
I thereby seek your consent to assist me for this transfer .I have
already done all the necessary groundworks with our lawyer for the smooth
transfer of the funds.Since i have the certificate of deposit that can
be used to back up any claim we may make for the smooth transfer.The
moment i receive your positive response,it will take the bank less than 7
banking days to transfer the money into your bank account.
For your assistance and co-operation ,you will take 30% while 60% to me
and my lawyer,then 10% should be for expenses or tax as Us Government
may require of the entire money($34 MILLION USD).All i require is your
honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.
The lawyer has guaranteed that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Upon the receipt of your positive response,the lawyer shall forward to
you a text of application which you will send to the FEDERAL MINISTRY
OF FINANCE for claim.You may also wish to view this website on the
internet to confirm the plane crash.
http://www.travelnigeria.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=87
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/nigerian-jet-crash-kills-all-on-board/2005/10/23/1130006003690.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f124102005.html
Thanks i hope to read from you soon.
Kennedy Cole.
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