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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: "Mr.Ibrahim Sow" <ibrahim_sow3@sohu.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mr.ibrahim_sow@box.az
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:58:54 +0000
Subject: For Your Investment Partnership
Dear friend,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this letter. I am Mr. Ibrahim Sow, the director of Bill and Exchange Department in the Bank where i work. I am writing you this letter to seek your partnership cooperation in receiving a total amount of $7.3M (Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand United States dollars) which was deposited with our Bank here in Senegal. This total amount was deposited by late Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German citizen. During my Quarterly Auditing/Accounting, this said amount was discovered in a Dmiciliary Account favouring our foreign customer.
Mr. Andreas Schranner who died along with his wife and other passengers in Air France flight AF4590 crashed on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, near Paris. On more information about the death of Mr. Andreas Schranner, SEE THE LINK BELOW (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm)
Since the untimely death of Mr. Andreas Schranner and his family, the management of our bank has mandated my office to make several enquiries to locate any of his extended relatives, but no fruitful result was achieved as all my efforts also proved unsuccessful to locate any member of his family. Before my observation in this development, I discovered that late Mr. Andreas Schranner did not make an HEIR/WILL. The management has been delibrating on how to revert this fund to the Treasury account since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 8 years. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and my junior colleague in my department decided to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased so that we will quickly move this money out of Senegal to be transfered in your account as the next of kin or relation entitled to inherit this fund.
All arrangement to transfer this deposited fund has been put in place and all I require is your honest and sincere partnership co-operation to enable us see this money transferred into your secured account. As an insider in the bank, I have perfected all the necessary arrangment that will back up the claim of this deposited fund and I guarantee you that this fund transfer will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law. On smooth transfered of this total deposited fund to your providing account, you will be entitled to your own share of the total sum as gratification. We agreed that 20% of this money will be for you as our receiving partner, while 80% would be for me and my junior colleague. Thereafter I will visit your country for disbursement and further investment plans.
You have been advised to keep this information a top secret as we are still working in the bank and intend to resign from service after this money is transfered to your account. I shall furnish you with further details and necessary procedures with which to make a quick transfer progress. I suggest you get back to me immediately through my direct telephone number 00221 777 839 387 OR this confidential email address stating your wish in this urgent matter.
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and best regards.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Ibrahim Sow
Direct Tel: 00221 777 839 387
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