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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: Pastor John <hcoafrica@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:02:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HELLO
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE &
ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
FINANCE, FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
GARKI, ABUJA,
NIGERIA.
Dear Sir/Ceo,
Due to the recent reform in the former President
Olusegun Obasanjo administration, all hands are on
deck to checkmate corruption that is why the Economic
for financial crime and corruption (EFCC) .My name is
Alhaji Suleiman Waziri, I am the director of finance
and administration in the federal ministry of finance.
I am writing you this mail not because I know you but
because I feel you can be able to join me in this
business proposal I am about to tell you.
My friend Mr.Kahn Silvia,a German, who use to work
with me in same office was involve in the bellview
air crash 2 years ago and due to that he was my bosom
friend because he had no family here in Nigeria i have
tried locating his family or relatives in Germany but
to no avail.
When he was alive Mr. Kahn opened an account with one
of the leading banks here in Nigeria(UNION BANK
PLC)with the tone of thirteen million seven hundred
thousand dollars($13.7m)and since he died the money
has been lying dormant in the bank, I can easily
convince the bank and my company that you are the only
relation that Mr. Kahn introduced to me, I am telling
you all this because the bank wrote to our company to
provide the next of kin to the deceased so you can be
able to work with me in claiming the money.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating any of the
relatives for over a year now. I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so
that the proceeds of this account valued at
$13.7million U.Sdollars can be paid to your account
and then you and I can share the money. 55%to me and
40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax
as your government may require. Your information such
as Below:
1. Your full name
2. Resident Address
3. Telephone/Fax Numbers
4. Occupation
5. Date of Birth.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in
touch with me by my private mail address
(kunled@yahoo.com} to enable us discuss further.
Yours Faithfully,
Alhaji Suleiman Waziri
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