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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: susan smith <susansx14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <susansmithcontact2009@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:12:03 -0400
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT..........................
Hello Dear Friend ,I want to drop you a quick note because I did not hear back from you concerning the information I sent you the other day. Incase you did not receive the letter introducing my intent. I am Mrs. Susan Smith from London . A widow to late Mr. Clement Smith who was the former Branch chairman of the petroleum oil company in Kuwait for nine years, who perished in fatal accident on 18TH JULY 2004 on his way to a meeting with his secretary (MR. MARTIN GREENBERG) OF FLORIDA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I got your mail through my private search and out of desperation decided to reach you through this medium. My late husband deposit £15Million (FIFTEEN Million Pounds) in a bank in London and I want to invest the money in your country, before the death of my late husband he told me that I have to invest this money out of London that he don’t want any body from his office or our country to know about this money, that is why I contacted you so that you will help me to transfer out this money out from the bank to your country for investment as I told you. I want you to receive this fund on my behalf in your country so that we can invest it for a good business and invest on a profitable business venture on agreed terms. I have made an arrangement with my family lawyer who will send an application to the bank on your behalf as the next of kin to my late husband Mr.Clement Smith, and i will use my position as the wife and stand on your behalf as the next of kin to my late husband. After the transfer of this money to your as the beneficially /next of kin to my late husband, you will be giving 35% of the total money, we will give 5% to charity organization /motherless baby home I will take 60%. AFTER ALL THIS YOU WILL HELP ME TO INVEST MY SHARE OF THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY. I am 59yes old with only son. As i told you, i have made an arrangement with my family lawyer who will send an application to the bank on your behalf as the next of kin to my late husband so that the bank will approve the money to as the next of kin to my late husband i will will stand on your behalf for the money to be transfer to you, please don't let me down when this money will be in your position in your country.To start the process of the transfer of the fund to you, you have to send me the following:- 1] Your full name :............................................... 2)Your full contact address.:.................................... 3] Your Office/ Mobile phone No:................................... 4] Your occupation and age:............................................. On receipt of the above information’s from you I will contact my confidant attorney who is the government accredited attorney to the bank and he will forward an application to the bank requesting for the release of the fund to you as the next of kin to my late husband Mr. Clement Smith. If you will be fast enough to send me this information’s today or tomorrow I will forward the information to the lawyer who will use it to send an application to the bank on your behalf. After the transfer of this money to your as the beneficially /next of kin to my late husband, you will be giving 35% of the total money, we will give 5% to charity organization /motherless baby home I will take 65%. I am in the hospital and my doctor told me to not use phone because of my health, he told me that phone is conglobating in sickness. I am 59yes old with only son. In my next mail i will send you my pic in the hospital. Thank you again for your prompt response. I wait to receive the information’s from you soonest. Regards, Mrs. Susan Smith
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