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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: Tony Elumelu <telumelu_5@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: telumelu_1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:32:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Call me if interested
+2348033180067
Dear Friend,
I am contacting you believing you are a honest and trustworthy person.I believe you will not betray the confidence I have in you to have contacted you even though we've not met before.Besides,I only got your address through the internet.
My name is Mr.Tony Elumelu,a top executive in one of the big banks in Sub-Sahara Africa.There is a dormant account which has not been operational for over half a decade now.The account holder was a valued customer of my bank,a top German executive and a crude oil broker,the late Mr.Joseph Ingeborg,import manager, Rohde & Liesenfeld shipping agency.He died at the world Trade Centre on 11 September 2001.Late Mr.Ingeborg,months before his death called me and informed me that he secured a Bonny Light Crude oil contract to supply 100,000,000 barrel of BLCO to an American Refinery.He called me to transact with my bank to set up a domicilliary account for him and to provide other banking services that could facilitate his business.He wanted to take advantage of our new your branch to consumate his crude oil deal so my bank accepted to act as fudicial mandate to the contract since the players are mainly residents.Late Mr.Ingeborg was entittle to earn $1 per barrel for the crude
supply and my bank received payment of $100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million United States Dollars) as brokerage commission for Mr.Ingeborg which was credited to his account.However since his death,I was surprised that nobody has contacted the bank to seek to repatriate his money six years after his death.I made effort to reach his employer Rohde & Liesenfeld shipping agency but discovered that the crude oil deal was a private initiative as his employer had no fore knowledge about it.I made further investigation to locate his immediate family but what I discovered was quite devastating.I discovered that late Mr.Ingeborg was a widower and had no child and since he did not indicate any next of kin in his documents with the bank,it is difficult if not impossible to get a beneficiary to this huge money.It is a standing banking law in my country that if after ten years and the money is still unclaimed,the money will be forfeited and returned to the treasury.All I want you to do
is to collaborate with me by standing in as the beneficiary because Management is ready to approve the remittance of the money to any foreigner who has correct information of this account.Besides , I would use my position to facilitate prompt remittance of the fund.You will be expected to provide a bank account of any bank of your choice where you want the money to be transfered.
If for any reason you think you're incapable of this transaction, you may recommend anybody whose integrity is not in doubt. I shall however provide you with directives on what to do as we proceed. Contact me on my private telephone number above or through my email address with information about your full contact addresses including personal telephone & fax numbers and Bank information immediately if you are interested.
Also, I need little information about yourself and what you do for living as well as a strong assurance that you can guarantee the safety of the money when it gets into your account .
At the conclusion of this business, I shall travel to your country for sharing.I have mapped out 25% of the total amount for you for assisting me,5% to take care of all expenses from both party and the remaining for me which I seek to invest in the United Kingdom in th Fidelity International fund. If you also desire to invest your own share in this fund you can visit www.fidelity.co.uk for more information
I look forward for prompt reply from you.
Tony Elumelu
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