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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: bob anderson <bobanderson44@hotmail.fr>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:15:07 +0100
Subject: GOOD TO MEET YOU.
Hello,
TOP SECRET STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am DR.BOB ANDERSON The manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of the A.G.B GULF Bank of BENIN Plc. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department. We discovered anabandoned sum of $15,000,000M US DOLLARS (15 million United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in November 2006 in a Plane crash. Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery,
I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered he maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fundwill be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund.
I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be asstated thus;40 % for you as foreign partner, 55 % for ME To settlement some of the officials in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign expences incurred by us and you during the course of this business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 55 % we intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as away of recycling the fund. To commence this transaction, i require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax number full name and address and your designated bank coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature. I look forward to receiving your prompt response. DR. BOB ANDERSON AFRICAN GULF BANK OF BENIN(A.G.B). ME
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