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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: mark williams <mak75_2500@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:15:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: very urgent
HEADQUARTER,
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK,
NO: 365/5 HIGH STREET,
ACCRA-GHANA
Dear friend,
First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidentiality in this Transaction. I am DR. MARK WILLIAMS
credit officer with ICB Accra-Ghana. I came to America to source for a reliable person to handle this confidential transaction, which involves huge sum of money.
The Proposition:
A foreigner an American, late Mr. Morris Thompson (SNR) who died on January 31st, 2000 (83 passengers and five crew members) on board Alaska Airlines Flight 261. Please view the website below for verification.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html,
While returning to his country from a business trip. He banked with us at ICB Accra-Ghana and had a closing balance worth US$15.6,Million, having heard of the tragic incident involving late Mr. Morris Thompson (SNR) the bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary. Valuable efforts have been made by Citibank to get in touch with any Family member but I personally found out that, until his death he neither had a wife nor children known to us.
Meanwhile above is the website of the people who died in the Alaska Airlines Flight 261, the only name of next of kin given to us by late Mar Morris Thompson unfortunately was with him in the same flight that crashed, and this is unknown to the bank. I'm taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my family; I now decided to seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Mr. Morris Thompson, so that the fund (US$15.6M) will be released in to your account as the next of kin. All Documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out, by the lawyer that I will employ to work with me down here on your behalf.
I am assuring you that this transaction and its procedures is 100% legal and risk free involvement. The sharing of the fund between the two of us will be as follows: 30% of the total sum will go to you, 15% as been set aside for expenses incurred in due while 55% will be for me. As soon as I receive your responds to this information positively I will immediately start up with the process. If this proposal is acceptable kindly mail me immediately. I want you to also furnish me with your private telephone/fax or preferably your mobile numbers, address and I will have to apply for the release and subsequent Transfer of the fund in your favor.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
DR. MARK WILLIAMS
(Credit Officer, ICB, Accra-Ghana)
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