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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: "balogun chambers" <balogunchambers29@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: balogun_chambers01@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:29:50 +0100
Subject: ACT AS NEXT OF KIN(CONFIDENTIAL)
FROM:BARR.BALOGUN DESMOND (ESQ)
NO.5 MILVERTON STREET
VICTORIA-ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA
EMAIL:balogun_chambers01@yahoo.ca
Dear Valdez,
I am Barrister Balogun Desmond(Esq), a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Douglas Valdez. A National of your country who works with a construction Company in Nigeria and he is known and referred to as my Client. On Saturday 4th of May 2002, my client, his wife and their four children were involved in a plane crash in Kano. Unfortunately all the entire family lost their lives in the tragedy. Since then, I have made several enquires to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but all my efforts proved unsuccessful.Let me refer you to the front page of (BBC) World News of Saturday, 4 May 2002. You can check it through their (website at)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm
Unfortunately all the entire family lost their lives in the tragedy. Since then, I have made several enquires to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but all my efforts proved unsuccessful. After these unsuccessful attempts failed, I decided to track his last name in the Internet to locate any member of his family or his national hence I contacted you.Now my contacts to you is to assist me in repatriating the money in his bank account here before the account will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where he deposit this money valued ($12.5Million Dollars). More importantly, the finance and security company where the deceased client deposited these huge sums of money has served me a write of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my client or the account will be confiscated.
Since I have tried and failed on sever occasions in locating his relatives I am now seeking for your consent to present you as the next of kin the deceased since you have the same last name with him, so that the money in his account will be paid to you while I will come over to your country for the sharing. I will take 50% while you will take 40%.and 10% will be donated to the less privileged and charity organization,I have all the necessary legal documents that can be use to back-up any claim we may want. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Finally, if this business interest you, please get in touch with me immediately , Also indicate to me your contact phone and fax number included to enable me call you immediately for More information.
Awaits your urgent reply.
Respectfully
Barrister. Balogun Desmond (Esq)
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