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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: "robertken " <robertk5@rediffmail.com>
Date: 21 Nov 2006 18:19:05 -0000
Subject: CONTACT ME WITH THIS Email:robert_ken200@yahoo.co.uk
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER ROBERT KEN Robert Ken & Associates .TEL: + 229 9313-8744.FAX: + 229 800 9006.Email: robert_ken200@yahoo.co.ukCONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL Dear Friend, Hello and How are you? Am very sorry if I pried into your privacy, Please accept my appology. I am Barrister Robert Ken, a solicitor at law. I am writting to you on behalf of my late client Mr. Peter a National of your country who works with a Petroleum Company here in Benin and he is known and referred to as my client. In Oct 1999, my client, his wife and their two loving children were involved in a fatal auto accident in London, Unfortunately all his entire family lost their lives in the tragedy. Dear Friend my contact to you is to assist me in repatriating his money which is been lodgedin a Security-Finance company in a (Trunk box)in Europe, before the money will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security-Fianance company where he deposit this money valued at $16,500,000
( Sixteen Million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars). The Security-Finance Company has served me a reminder and later issued a final notice to provide the next of kin to my client or have the funds channel to the European National Treasury as unclaimed fund. Since Mr. Peter(R.I.P) did not leave any record of anyone to be his next of kin after his death,therefore i decided to make several enquires to his embassy to locate any of he\'s extended relatives but all my efforts proved unsuccessful and to no avail. After these several unsuccessful attempts,i decided to track her last name over the Internet to locate any member of his family hence i contacted you. Upon this discovery,i seek your consent to have you stand as NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased so that the funds (Sixteen Million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) will be released to you by the Security-Finance company as the next of kin,thereafter i will come over to your country for the sharing. On receipt of your _expression of int
erest (EOI),I have agreed that you will inherit 45% of the total fund for your help and sincerity,45% for me while 5% for the refunds of processing expenses and to pay tax in your country(if any) and the remaining 5% will go to any charity organization of our choice. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through and i guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of law. PLEASE, I RESPECT CONFIDENTIALITY AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RESPECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS TRANSACTION.If this business interest you,I await your urgent response via my private email address,telephone or fax. Best Regards,Barrister Robert Ken. Robert Ken & Associates,Tukpa-Benin.TEL: + 229 9313-8744Email: robert_ken200@yahoo.co.uk
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