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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: "charles ubani" <charlesubani30@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristercharlesubani@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:26:14 -0400
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED WOUTERS
FROM:CHARLES & ASSOCIATES.
(BARRISTER CHARLES UBANI)
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATE
#16 CANAL STREET IKOYI
(LAGOS NIGERIA.)
ATTN: WOUTERS
BEFORE I START, I MUST FIRST APOLOGIZE FOR THIS UNSOLICITED MAIL TO YOU.I AM
AWARE THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO STARTING A
RELATIONSHIP, BUT AS TIME GOES ON YOU WILL REALIZE THE NEED FOR MY ACTION.
MY NAME IS BAR.CHARLES UBANI, A SOLICITOR AND THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO
MR.ROLAND WOUTERS CITIZEN OF YOUR COUNTRY,WHO WORKED WITH AN OIL COMPANY
IN NIGERIA.HERE IN AFTER REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT. ON THE 21ST OF APRIL
2003, MY CLIENT,HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A GHOSTLY
MOTOR ACCIDENT ALONG SAGAMU EXPRESS ROAD. MY CLIENT AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY
UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ACCIDENT.
SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY
CLIENT'S EXTENDED RELATIVES, WHICH HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AFTER THESE SEVERAL
UNSUCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, THE NEED TO CONTACT YOU.MY MAIN REASON FOR CONTACTING
YOU IS TO ASSIST ME INREPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY
CLIENT BEFORE THEY ARE CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK
WHERE THEY ARE DEPOSITED/LODGED. PARTICULARLY,THE FIRST BRITISH BANK OF
(NIG) PLC. WHERE THE DECEASED HAS A FIXED SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS.THE SAID BANK HAS ISSUED ME A FINAL NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE
NEXT OF KIN OF MY LATE CLIENT OR THEY WILL BE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE THAN
TO CONFISCATE HIS FUNDS,A COPY OF
THE SAID NOTICE WHICH I WILL FAX TO YOU ON GETTING YOUR REPLY.
SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING MY CLIENT'S RELATIVES FOR THE
PAST 2 YEARS, NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO
MY LATE CLIENT GOING BY THE FACT THAT BOTH OF YOU ARE OF THE SAME SURE NAME
AND NATIONALITY , SO THAT THE SAID FUNDS AS STATED ABOVE I.E, THE SUM OF
EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS CAN BE PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT INSTEAD
OF LEAVING IT FOR FIRST BRITISH BANK OF (NIG) PLC.
WE CAN TAKE PART OF IT AND LEAVE THE REST TO CHARITY. I HAVE ALL NECESSARY
LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BEUSED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIM WE MAY MAKE ALL I
REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS ARRANGMENT THROUGH
I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT
WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR
CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN FAX TO YOU ALL
THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BANK AND ME.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER CHARLES UBANI [ESQ]
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