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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: Loe Okoli <leo_okoli02@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: leo_okoli2008@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:54:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: HELLO
Dear Friend.
My name is Mr.Leo Okoli, an audit officer in Financial Bank LOME TOGO.I am writing to you following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$5.5 Million Dollars (Five Million Five Hundred thousand Dollars) in an account that belong to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.Frederick M Wong, an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Egyptian flight 990 which crashed on 31st October 1999, including his wife and only daughter. You can read more about the crash by visiting this web site which I got during my investigation, please try to go through the site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only adopted daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it.
We don't want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed after Eight years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 35% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for my colleagues and me. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your hands and please be honest with me.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive this message, you should contact me immediately and please note that all necessary arrangement for smooth release of these funds to you has been finalized. We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response.
Thanks and waiting for your urgent reply Regards,
Mr.Leo Okoli,
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