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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: wqaset qwsadt <wrt.wwti@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <williekko@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:30:21 +0200
Subject: Next Of Kin Needed.
ATTN SIR,Please accept my sincere apologies if my mail fails to meet yourpersonal and moral Ethics, as we have not met before,because of theevil doings of people of the world today, which have bring fear andalso made many people not to engage in geniune business ventures.I am a Banker; my name is MR OKO WILLIAMS, an accountant,i am theaccounts Manager to a late Engineer, a white foreigner whom I knowvery well, He was a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUMRESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS. On 10,Dec 2005 my customer/client,his wife, and his only son were involved in a SOSOLISO AIRLINE CRASH('McDonnell Douglas DC-9.) Flight 1145 that left Abuja.My client and his family all died in that fatal air crash.Since then,I have made several inquiries locate any of my Clients extendedRelatives,this has also Proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace a goodand reliable Person over the Internet, that can help me in repatriating this fund left behind in our Bank.I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my Customer/client before they get Confiscated or declared odged, unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were particularly this Bank that I am presently working, Where the deceased had an account Valued at TWENTY MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, The Bank has issued a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a shot period of time.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kinof the deceased since my clients name look alike from your emailing address, so that the proceeds of this account valued at TWENTY MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money.I have arranged everything and you will not engage in anything that is illegal.I have made arrangement with a good Attorney to assist us.He will present himself to the Bank he will notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the inheritance claim.All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business.Please if you have the capacity to carry out this business, respond to this email immediately.and I will forward to you the full and detail information of my Bank to enable us commence business immediately.Expecting your Urgent response.REGARDS,MR OKO WILLIAMS.
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