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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: "kibuuka3 Gazeta.pl" <kibuuka3@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: l_kibuuka80@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:25:24 +0100
Subject: Re:from Lewis
Attn: The C.E.O,
I am Mr. Lewis Kibuuka, Provincial Director United Bank of Africa, Lagos,
Branch. I have urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you.
On June 8, 1999, a foreign German property magnate, Mr. Andreas Schranne
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months,valued at (twenty five Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply.After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers,
the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Andreas Schranne died
along with his entire family a wife and a daughter on
31 July, 2000 in an aeroplane crash.Since we heard of his death via the news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,
and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.
Andreas Schranne did not declare any kin or relations
in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank. This sum of Twenty five million dollars is
still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever
come forward to claim it. According to Nigeria Law, at the expiration of 8
(eight) years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in
as the next of kin to Mr. Andreas Schranne so that
the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will
like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the
Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits which will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ
the service of two Attorneys for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favour for the
transfer. A bank account in any part of the world which you will provide
will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you
as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60%
for me and 40% for you.There is no risk at all as
all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction.If you are interested, please reply
immediately via my private email
address:l_kibuuka080@yahoo.es <address%3Al_kibuuka080@yahoo.es>
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the
transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I
shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting
your urgent reply via my
email:l_kibuuka080@yahoo.es<email%3Al_kibuuka080@yahoo.es>
Thanks and regards.
Mr.Lewis Kibuuka.
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