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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: BARR FEMI MARTINS <barr.femi_martins39@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <martins.barrfemi@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:25:37 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED!!!!!!
FEMI MARTINS SOLICITORS,LAW AND PARTNERMORGAN,LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLB.Mr/Mrs,
I am barr Femi martins, solicitor at law and a partner in Morgan Lewis & bockius llp. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Roland tahir, an American Muslim who used to work with shell oil producing company in Britain, hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.On the 21st of April 2005, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I want to ensure you that all relevant information and legal documents that may be needed to actualize this transaction are intact. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the fund valued at us$16.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the finance firm where this huge amount were deposited. The said finance company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.For the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Thereafter, I propose that the funds will be shared in the following ratio: 50% for me, 40% for you while 10% will be earmarked for miscellaneous expenses by both parties.This will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please if you are interested in this in my proposal please you shouldn’t hesitate to write me back through my private E-mail: barrfemi.snradvocate1@gmail.com,
As I will appreciate it if you could get back to me with the information’s as been stated below since we have no many time to waste
(1)Full Name,
(2) Contact address.(3) Personal identification (4) marital status.(5) Phone/ fax number.(6) occupation/age.
I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible
Best Regard. Femi Martins.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.LONDON, U.K.
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