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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: zafar habib khan <k.zafarhabib13@msn.com>
Reply-To: <kzafarhabib@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:43:16 +0000
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
Greetings,
This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is
only a day that people meet and become great friends and business
partners. I am Zafar Habib Khan, Chief Investment Officer with a
reputable bank here in U. A. E. I write you this proposal in good
faith, believing that I can trust you with the information I am about
to reveal to you.
I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
On March 15, 2004, an Iraqi Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with
the CHEVRON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Mohammad Al Nasser made a fixed
deposit with my bank in 2004 for 36 calendar months, valued at
US$17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)
the mature date for this deposit contract was this 14 of March 2007.
Sadly he was among the death victims in the May 27 2006 Earthquake
disaster in Jawa, Indonesia that killed over 5,000 people. He was in
Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his end. My bank
management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it because he
was my friend and I am his account officer. Mohammed did not mention
any Next of Kin/Heir when the account was opened. He told me that he
was married with two children but he lost all his family member during
Gulf war. Last week my Bank Management requested that i should give
instructions on what to do about his funds as his account officer, if
to renew the contract.
I know this will happen and that is why I have been looking for a
means to handle the situation, because if my Bank Directors happens
to know that Mohammed is dead and do not have any Heir, they will take
the funds for their personal use, so I don't want such to happen. That
is why I am now seeking your co-operation to present you as Next of
Kin to the account and my bank headquarters will release the account
to you. There is no risk involved; the transaction will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of law.
It is better that we claim the money, than allowing the Bank Directors
to take it, they are rich already. I am not a greedy person, so I am
suggesting we share the funds equal, 50/50% to both parties, my share
will assist me to start my own company which has been my dream. Let me
know your mind on this and please do treat this information as TOP
SECRET. We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent
response. Have a nice day and God bless.
Anticipating your communication.
Regards,
Zafar Habib Khan.
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