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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: ken evans <kenevans21@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <k.evans1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:50:48 +0200
Subject: I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Dear Sir, How are you today together with your family? hope everything is moving as expected. I am Mr.Ken Evans, Bill and Exchange Manager with Continental Bank Benin,Cotonou New Town Branch, Benin. I got your information during a Bankers'Quarterly Forum with other African Countries, held in Lome, the capital city of Togo, in West Africa. I am contacting you in good faith believing that you will not let me down. I will start by putting things clear to you, in my department we discorverd an abandon sum of $5.6 Million US Dollars in a dormant account.The owner of this account was a foreign client who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africains Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin Republic on December 25,2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines,we therefore made further investigation and discovered that his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving no one behind for the claim. Following the release of last year's financial report I discovered that if no one comes up to apply for the claim of these funds this money will go into Benin Government Treasury as unclaim bill that is the more reason why I contacted you as a foreigner to receive the funds in your country as my partner. I am 52 years old with two kids. I have packaged this transaction believing that it will be of mutual benefit to our both families. Now as the Bill and Exchange Manager with this Bank,I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my contacting you is to assist me receive the funds in your country and get 30% of the total funds as your benefit and it is my duty to furnish you with every detailed information regards to this inheritance claim, if you will follow my instruction and guide line. If you agree to assist me, I will immediately program your full information in the computer data system here in the bank, so you are to send to me the following information to enable us start the transfer process immediately since we have a very poor time frame. 1.Your Full Name (Individual and Company Name)2.Address ( Residential and Office)3.Telephone ( Mobile, Home and Office) 4.Fax ( Private only) For confidentiality5.Age I wait for your most urgent response or you can give me a minute call to notify me that you are in receipt of my email for us to proceed. Mr.Ken EvansBill and Exchange ManagerContinental Bank Benin CBB+229 932 02 366
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