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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: "Richard Johnson" <richardjjohnson1@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: richardakujohnson09@myway.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:06:44 +0000
Subject: inheritance fund.
FROM: JOHNSON'S CHAMBER
& ASSOCIATE
Lion Building,
Suit 52, Saka Tinubu,
Lagos Nigeria.
E-mail Address: richardakujohnson09@myway.com
Dear Friend,
I am Barr. Richard Johnson (SAN) personal attorney to Mr. Engr. Edward
Gawne, a national of your country, who used to work with Zenon Oil Company
here in Nigeria herein after, shall be referred to as my client. My client
with his entire family (The wife and Children) were involved in the
explosion in Lagos,Nigeria, on January 27, 2002 which, claimed many lives
and property. Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in
that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made
several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you.My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client prior to his death before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits
were lodged and where the deceased had an account valued at about US$14.5
Million dollars.
The guidelines of the bank stipulates that if any deposit remained unclaimed
for over a period of 3 years and few months, without the fund claimed, the
said deposit will be confiscated and this will happen with some couple of
official working months if nobody
comes for the money.The company had issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for over one year now, I seek your consent as the
next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$14.5 million dollars can be paid to you.
I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to
back up your claim. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me
as the legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive your
inheritance fund. I guarantee that this
will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach
of the law.
See the 2 website of the bomb explosion below: -
http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/020130Lagos3/index_txt.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
I Implore you to get back to me via my alternative email address :
(richardakujohnson09@myway.com) Upon your acceptance to claim the
inheritance fund.
Looking forward to hear from you soonest.
With best regards,
Barr. Richard Johnson.
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