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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: "GRAG NWOSE" <rag-777@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: gragnwose@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:06:50 +0000
Subject: REPLY URGENT
Dear SIR ,
First, I am contacting you via your email address to solicit your confidence
in this transaction due to the urgency.
I am Mr. Greg Nwosu, an attorney here in Nigeria. I came to know of you in
my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very
confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money
into a foreign account.
THE PROPOSITION:
My client, a foreigner, late Engineer Johnson , a native of your country and
an Crude Oil contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his
death along with his entire family (a wife and three children) in a ghastly
air crash, operated a coded bank account with United Bank for Africa PLC.,
Lagos, and had a closing balance of USD$10.5 Million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably
expects to be claimed by any of his available next of kin.
Since the death of Mr. Johnson, the UBA branch office where he operated his
account had made fervent valuable efforts to get in touch with any of the
deceased family or relatives through the home country embassy here in
Nigeria but all have proved to no avail. As the lawyer to the deceased, i
was contacted by the Branch Manager and mandated to produce my clients next
of kin. It is because of the perceived possibility of not going to be able
to locate any of late Eng. Johnson's next of kin that has made me to contact
you.
The Management of UBA has already waited for the mandatory two (2) years for
a next of kin to show up without publishing or making the search for the
next of kin public because of course, false claimants must definitely show
up. Therefore, it is not published in the media and the bank only waits for
the real next of kin to show up as the availability of such funds are
expected to be in the late "customers Will" which would be the only source
of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitled to such estate.
So the bank has granted an additional four (4) months for me to locate late
Mr. Johnson's next of Kin and after which if i am unable to produce a next
of Kin / claimant then the Management of UBA would sends the money US$10.5
Million to the Debt Re-conversion Department and the account is closed. In
this case, there is no will. The Chairman and Board Members jointly operate
the Debt Re-conversion Department and these money US$10.5 Million would be
shared among themselves and nobody asks questions, In fact, these issues are
not even discussed outside board meetings.
In other to avert these development, myself and the UBA Branch Manager where
my client operated his account now seek for your permission to have you
stand as late Eng. Johnson's next of kin so that the fund, USD$10.5M would
be subsequently transferred and paid into your bank account as the
beneficiary next of kin.
All documents and proofs to enable you to get this fund have been carefully
worked out and i am assuring you of success. Upon conpletion, the fund would
be shared equally amount all three (3) parties involved in this transaction,
That is:-
1. The Branch Manager: 30%
2. Yourself: 30%
3. Myself (Mr. Nwosu): 30%
4. The balance 10% of the total funds has been set aside for expenses
Bear in mind that this project remains absolutely confidential. Then, you
advise intended business to invest in your country with my own share.
Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson is now late, so you are to claim his balance as
stated in his account as his cousin and next of kin. You have to claim the
money officially in your own name from the bank as the real beneficiary to
the late Mr. Johnson.
If this arrangementl is okay and you wish to take advantage of the trust I
hope to bestow on you then kindly get to me immediately via my email,
furnishing me with your telephone, fax number and exclusive e-mail so that I
can forward to you the relevant details of this transaction.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.
Regards,
Mr. Greg Nwosu
Barrister & Solicitor
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