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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: "duncan cottey" <duncancottey82@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: duncancottey560@yahoo.it
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:29:43 +0200
Subject: Contact me urgently...Duncan Cottey
Email: duncancottey560@yahoo.it
Greetings From Duncan Cottey.
Writing to seek your consent in a private and confidential matter
regarding some funds unaccounted for in my bank here in South Africa
during the last 2005 business year. I need assistance from a
trustworthy and reliable person whom I will fill in as the beneficiary.
Your major role would be to provide either an existing bank account
or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money and
get 30% of the total funds as commission. There are practically no
risks involved,the transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law, it will be
simply a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand
claim as the beneficiary of these funds who made the deposit with my
branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your
designated bank account under few working days.
I am Mr. Duncan Cottey the regional manager of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK
(ADB), and I write you this proposal in good faith; I am married with
five lovely kids. It is my duty as the regional manager to send in
financial report to my head office in the capital city at the end of
each business year.
On the course of the last year 2005 business report, I
discovered the sum of Twenty six million united state dollars
US$26million dollars belonging to a foriengn Industrialist Kenneth
Gardner who died without a beneficiary,in my branch in which I am the
manager.Our head office is not aware of and will never be aware of it.
I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no
beneficiary and as an officer of this bank I cannot be directly
connected to this money, hence i contacted you. If you accept to work
with me I will appreciate it very much as you are the first and the
only person I am contacting for this transaction.We will start the
first transfer with sixteen million dollars,upon successful transaction
without any disappointment from your side,we shall re-apply for the
payment of the remaining amount to your account. At this juncture i
wish to tell you what prompted me to package this deal.
I have a 9-year old daughter who has leukemia disease of the blood, and
she needs a bone marrow transplant or she will die. I want this
transplanting to be done in any good children's hospital in your country
if there is one. Once this fund is transferred into your account, I shall
resign from my job and bring my family to start a new life in your
country.I would be grateful if you would help me in looking out for
good investment oppurtunities with my own part of the money in a profitable
business.
I have worked for this bank for the past 15 years yet I have
nothing to show for it, I really need your assistance to secure this
fund as soon possible.Send me Email < duncancottey560@yahoo.it> as
soon as you receive this message if you think we can work together, so
that we can go over the details.Send also your Private Mobile and fax
numbers for a more proper elaboration.
Truly yours
Duncan cottey
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