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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: smith chuks <smithchuks2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 09:57:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From The Desk of Mr.Smith Chucks.
From The Desk of Mr.Smith Chucks.
Computer/Telex Department International
Accra ,Republic of Ghana (West Africa)
Dear Friend,
With due respect and huminity,regards, I write to you this proposal.I am a Staff of Telex Department at one of International bank here in Accra. I am writing following the impressive information about you after going through your profile here in internet beleiveing that with your capability and reliability that we will champion this business opportunity. In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of ($3.500.000.00) three Million Five hundred thousand us dollars in suspense account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (Mr. Magnate Andreas ) who died along with his entire family in the year 2000 on a plane crash. below is a bbc web page that anounce the incident. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm
Since I got information about his death , I have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim this money, because bank cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and policies but unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claims. Therefore upon this discovery in my department , I decide to make this businness proposal to you and to you will apply official to the bank for the release of the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased customer for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming forth and I don't want this money to go into the Government treasury as unclaimed Bill.
According to our Banking policies and guideline here which stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed fund after six years, Finance Ministry auditors attached to banks will authomatically transfered the fund into the Government treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Ghanian cannot stand as next of
kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 20 % of this money will be for you as the next of kin, in respect to the provision of a foreign account,and 80% would be for me There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easier and effective communication and location where the money will be remitted,meanwhile,you should kindly esterblish a
new bank account number in regards to the transfer of the fund to your possition.
Upon receipt of your mail, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application form. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required informations concerning the late customer's death have been garded,both his company name.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Your's faithfully,
Mr.Smith Chucks.
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