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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: Peter Alloy <petter_alloy@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:56:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: KEEP THIS AS MOST TOP SECRET
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KEET THIS AS MOST TOP SECRET. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO HELP.
Dear One,
I know that this mail will surprise you but,i search for people like you in the internet since few days now in USA, then i got your contact.my name is Prince Peter Alloy The Son of Goran Alloy.My Father was a personl adviser to Slobodan Milosevic.formal
Serbia--Montenegro President who died last time in the UN(united Nation).Since the president died my father and I came to United Kingdom but unfortunetly My Father died last week in the hospital here in UK for a heart attack.but before he died he inform me of his life secret.although when he called me i was wondering what he want to tell me because he did not want anybody to know what he want to tell me.Imagine to my greatest surprise my father told me that he deposited (GOLD) worth of US$3,000,000(three million us dollars) and cash of US$3,500,000(three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars).he told me that he deposited it in a save deposit house as a consignment in ........(EUROPE here) i will tell you the country when i confirm your readiness to assist me)meanwhile according to my father he told me my name was used as the next of kin.right now i am in UK.furthermore, my father told me to make choice of the country where i will to reside and be happy for my life time
that I should seek for a good someone to intrust my wealth in his care in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes and further my
education and my life time investment with my future family.
Now what i need from you now is to stand as my guardian to contact the security save deposite house for verification and then book appiontment on when you will travel to claim the consignment on my behalf so that i will join you then both of us will fly back to US.
I will send to you the contact of the save deposit house in ........(is here in europe) when i confirm your readiness to assist me.
What are the possibilities of investing this money in your Country?What areas of investment would you like us to invest?
I will send to you all the informations you need about the consignment once i indicate your kindness to assist me. all i need is someone who will treat me like his own Family member.Please send to me ur private telephone number.I need your urgent response.
Your's lovely,
Prince Peter
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