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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: Francis Johnson <francis_johnson909@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: francis_johnson85701@yahoo.no
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:35:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear: Boer, de Nico J.
Barr. Francis Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
No: 35 Allen Avenue
Tele: 234-8022785701
Dear: Boer, de Nico J.
Courtesy of Business opportunity, I take liberty anchored on strong desire to solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficial and risk free transaction with you,which I hope you give urgent attention. To be precise, I am Barrister Francis Johnson, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Engr. Robert Boer. a national of your Country, who used to work as a contract with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria, herein after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2005, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu express road, all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this was 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. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money left behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Now the Bank, where the deceased had an account valued at about US$15.5million dollars has issued me a notice to Provide the Next of Kin or have the account confisicated within the next 14 official working days. Since I have been unsuccesfully in locating the relatives for Over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$15.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money 35% to you and 65% to me.
As legal practitioner, I can procure all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both parties from any breach of the law,Now it is being speculated that the above sum will be transferred into Government Treasury Account as unclaimed funds on or before end of April 2007.
Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further, and also, you are advice to furnish me with your telephone number including your fax number, your mobile phone as well including your date of birth and place of birth and your proffession and your full contact address.
Best regards,
Barrister Francis Johnson
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