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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: "Mr Richard" <richy.k01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: richard_konate01@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:23:04 -0500
Subject: Greetings
Dear sir,
I am MR Richard Konate. the accountant personal confidant to Dr. Ravindra
F. Shah who died together with his wife Dr.Mrs. Manjula Parikh-Shah in a
plane crash on the 1st Oct. 2003 on their way to attend wedding in Boston.
Mr. Ravindra F. Shah, is an American, a physician and industrialist, he died
last year without having any beneficiary to his assets including his account
here in Ivory Coast which he opened in a prime bank in the year 2000 as his
personal savings for the purpose of
expansion and developement of his company before his untimely death in
2003.He did not leave a WILL or NEXT OF KIN and all attempts to trace his
Relatives to come for the claim of this fund proved abortive till date.
The amount involved is (USD 18,500,000.00) Eighteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand USD, no other person knows about this account, I am contacting you
for us to transfer this funds to your safe account abroad, because,
According to Cote D'Ivoire (IVORY COAST) Laws, at the expiration of 7
(Seven) years, the bank will return the money direct to Central Bank of Cote
d'Ivoire if nobody applies to claim the funds. However, my proposal is that
I will like to FRONT you as a foreigner to stand in as the Next of Kin to
Dr. Ravindra F. Shah so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not
get into the hands of these corrupt government officials who might divert
the fund direct into their personal pockets at the end of the seven (7)
years.
Also contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to
a local person here, without valid international foreign passport, but can
only be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or
drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is Domiciliary account and
the former owner of the a/c Dr.Ravindra F. Shah is a
foreigner too, and as such the money can only be approved into a foreign
a/c.
Also kindly consider the following Terms:-
1. I will like to present you as the legitimate Next of Kin to Dr. Ravindra
F. Shah as the beneficiary of this fund.
2. You will provide the bank here with a viable account details where you
would like the bank to transfer the fund safely into your account as Next of
Kin of the former depositor - Dr. Ravindra F. Shah .
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official who is
deeply involved with me in this business.At the conclusion of this business,
you will be given 40% of the total amount.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours truly,
Richard Konate.
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