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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: frankjames <frankjames802001@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: frankjames90@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:20:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear knuk.................................urgent reply
Frank James.
12,Kofi Anam Road,
Accra-Ghana.
Dear knuk,
I am Frank James, the Personal Driver to late Mr.Roger knuk, a foreigner, who used to work with Jange Chemical Development Company here in Ghana .On the 14th of August 2005, my Master, his wife and their two children were involved with Helios Airways plane crash, killing 121 people on board
between Larnaca in Cyprus and Athens,leaving a closing balance of Thirteen Million United States Dollars ($13,000,000) in one of his Private US Dollar Account.You can officially confirm it below this website here: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4150312.stm)
Since then I had made several inquiries through your Embassy to locate any of my master's extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.
After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
through the Internet, to locate any member of his family not much
progress was recorded. My late master was an influential wealthy businessman, here in Ghana and he left behind a deposit of Thirteen million United States Dollars only ($13,000,000.00usd) in a Bank Here.
After the death of my master his Bank contacted me, as the nearest
person around him to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune.
The board of directors of his Bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money Within 28 working days or forfeit the money to the Bank as an abandoned property.
The Bank had planned to invoke the abandoned Property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.
Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness, Fortunately, I came across your name, to my utmost amazement, I discovered that you bear the same surname with my late master and Coincidentally too; you are nationals of the same country. I am convinced that you may be linked with my late master or that
you might provide clue to my search. I therefore, decided to contact you with these facts before me because of the similarities. By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my master's financial standings. I have reasoned very professionally and I
feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased master, so that you can be paid the funds left behind, hence I contacted you. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since you are at an advantage, bearing the same surname and equally
from the same country, so that the proceeds of this amount valued at $13 Million Dollars will be paid to you.
All I require is you been honest to me and your co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.
Yours Sincerely,
MR.Frank James.
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