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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: kenneth koffa <kennethkoffa_44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kennethkoffa111@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 08:46:16 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:MR KENNETH KOFFA,ECOBANK LOME TOGO,WEST AFRICA .TELL:00228- 9159590.PRIVATE:kennethkoffa007@yahoo.fr
URGENT ATTN:FRIEND,
WITH DUE REGARDS MY NAME IS MR KENNETH KOFFA, THE MANAGER CREDIT AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECOBANK LOME TOGO [ECB] .I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER 14-255-2004/ecb/tg, LATE MR MARTIN PANOS AND HIS WIFE DIED IN A TRAIN BOMBING ALONG MADRID SPAIN ON THE 11 MARCH 2004, YOU CAN VIEW THROUGH THIS WEB SITE BELOW TO ENABLA COMFIRM AND BELIEVE.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3500452.stm).
SINCE THE DEMISE OF THIS OUR CUSTOMER LATE MR MARTIN PANOS AND HIS WIFE,I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF USD.15.5 M, [ FIFITEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS]HAS BEEN WITH MY BANK FOR A VERY LONG TIME . ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO BE THE NEXT OF KIN. AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN FIVE YEARS,BECUASE AFTER FIVE YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE RECALLED TO THE BANK TREASURY ACCOUNT AS UNCLAIMED IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR IMPRESIVE CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE MISSION DIRECTORY,AND I THERFORE CONSIDER YOUR FAVOURABLE TO BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED.
THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER (AMERICAN BY NATIONLITY). AND A TOGOLESE CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER. I AGREED THAT USD 2.5 M OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT,WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR ME, THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT .
THEREFORE TO ENDEAVOUR THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT YOU APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO THE DISEASED INDICATING YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED .
UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL THE APPLICATION LETTER AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE . I WIL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT AS BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER. YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME AS A MATTER OF FACT IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER.I AM TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSIBLE.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
MR KENNETH KOFFAECOBANK LOME TOGO WEST AFRICA. TELL:00228- 9159590.PRIVATE:kennethkoffa007@yahoo.fr
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