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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: PRINCEWILL JONES <princewill_jones2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:15:45 +0200
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY
Dear Friend, Warmest greetings to you,I know this letter will definitely comes toyou as a suprise.I am Mr Princewill Jones, the Auditor General Piraeus Bank Greece.During the course of our auditing I discovered a floating funds in an account opened in the bank in 1999 and since 2002 nobody has operatedon this account again.After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir] hencethe money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it willbe forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Anderson Laurell,a foreigner and aminer.I want to solicit your assitance to help me receive the sum of 20.5mUSD,(Twenty million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only),in the floating account. doing this you will have to be capableand fit to provide either an existing account or set up a new account thatcan serve to receive this money, even an empty a/c could also serve as longas you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting you and believing that you will never let me down either nowor in future. The investigation during my auditing of the account proved to me that Mr.Anderson Laurell, until his death was the manager GweneyCoy.(pty).GA Greece. where He made millions of dollars before he died misteriously.Since his death in 2002 no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it and has no other beneficiary. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because Mr.Anderson Laurell hashis record with the bank as a foreigner and so the beneficiary most be a foreigner.This money cannot be approved to a local person here withouta valid foreign international passport,drivers license and foreign a/c,Ineed your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management ofthe bank is ready to approve this payment to you the foreigner who hascorrect information of this account, which I will give to you, upon yourpositive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet upwith instruction we can procceed immediately. Please I need your strong assurance in this transaction. Therefore Ifyou are interested do reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take. With my influence and position in the bank this funds will be transfered to your designated bank account which you shall provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival inyour country for sharing. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 45% of the total amount, 50% will be for me while 5% will be for expenses both partieswould have incurred during the process of transferring the funds. I look forward to your reply soonest,through my private email: princewill_jones@hotmail.com Sincerely. Mr Princewill JonesFrom the Bank Auditor. princewill_jones@hotmail.com
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