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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: FRANK PHILLIPS <frankphillips3001@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: FRANKPHILLIPS2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:19:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: HELLO:URGENT
FROM THE DESK OF FRANK PHILLIPS
PRIVATE EMAIL: FRANKPHILLIPS2007@YAHOO.CO.UK
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
GOOD DAY,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW ME,CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU,I AM FRANK PHILLIPS,A BARRISTER IN THE UK WHERE I AM PRESENTLY WORKING.I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRYS CHAMBER OF COMMENCE
AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING ME IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRST,LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER,AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR ,UNTIL HIS DEATH,SOME YEARS AGO, WAS A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH.
THE DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER,BANKED WITH THE BARCLAYS BANK HERE IN LONDON AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY FIVE MILLION USD),WHICH THE LAW FIRM I WORK FOR NOW EXPECTS A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS.EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY MY LAW FIRM AND THE BARCLAYS BANK DIRECTORS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE LATE MR MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS.BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE MOHAMED KAMAL'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MY LAW FIRM AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT.
IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS I HAVE SECURED FROM THE
DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT YOU BEING THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND ANOTHER 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET
ANY EXPENSES WE MIGHT INCUR BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE EMAIL ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASONS
FRANKPHILLIPS2007@YAHOO.CO.UK
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
FRANK PHILLIPS.
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