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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: Personal Massage <lloveoneanother@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:35:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Attention To: H.G. Backer .
Attention To: H.G. Backer .
Dear Good Friend.
Please forgive me for this unusual manner of contacting you, This letter is personaly sent to you with intimate and confidential. This particular letter is of exceptional and very private nature. There is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email and l know that temptation to ignore this mail as unserious could come into your mind, But please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.
My Name is Mr BOCOVO Aimé a credit officer with one of the leading Bank here in Cotonou Republic of Benin, In my department l discovered an abandoned funds USD$6,820,000 00.(Six Million Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our customer ENG S. A .Backer a Nationality of your country, Who died along with his entire family on the Motor accident on Friday 23 December 2004.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his Last name over the Internet to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I came across your contact.
Being the head of the account hoilding deprtment, The Management of my bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin/Beneficiary or else they will declare the account unserviceable and thereby forfeit the funds to the our bank treasury. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating of any of his relatives, I hereby seek your consent (with due respect and honour) to present you as the next of kin to the decease since you have the same SURNAME with him, Although l did not know if you related to him But Any how l am ready and willing to present you to the bank as the next of kin or relation to the decease for safety and subsequent disbursement as nobody has come for the fund so that the fund will be paid to you as the next of kin to my client, After the money is paid to you we will then share the money 50/50.
All I required is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this project through. I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please Contact me immediately you receive this mail as to proceed to the next step and do include your direct telephone number when responding to this mail for easy flow of communication during the duration of this transaction.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr BOCOVO Aimé.
Telephone No:00229-9524-1380.
Email: lloveoneanother@yahoo.com
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