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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <philhodkinson5@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:21:17 +0000
Subject: Reply this urgent information
Alpha Bank London
66 Cannon Street
London EC4N 6EP
United Kingdom
Greetings,
Based on your profile coupled with the recent announcement by the minister of finance, that all funds in accounts that have been dormant for years be transferred to the Treasury, I send this mail to you.Let me start by introducing myself. I am Dr. Phil Hodkinson, a chartered accountant in the above mentioned bank here in Uk. I have an obscured business proposal for you. Before the U.S and Iraq war, our client Major Fadi Basem who was with the Iraq forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling) only in my branch.Upon maturity several notice was sent to him and after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. I later find out that Major Basem and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home. After further investigation it was also discovered that Major Fadi Basem did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling) is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.What bothers me most and why I am contacting you is that according to the laws of my country, the funds will revert to the ownership of the United Kingdom Government since nobody has come to claim the funds while the account has been dormant for years now. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that you receive his funds.WHAT IS TO BE DONE:If you are interested, all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address, Mobile number or fax, your international passport or any identification card so that I make some changes for your name to appear as the next of kin to Major Basem. Due to lax Inheritance Laws you can claim it quite easily, I can arrange all the paperwork for you to claim the money.There is no risk involved at all in this matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and an attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you .Finally, in your response, I shall provide you with more on how we can get hold of this money. Awaiting your urgent responseRegards,
Dr. Phil Hodkinson
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