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July 19, 2007

E-Mail Scams, Part III: Somebody Has Left You Money

Will_2NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST: On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Mr. Edwin Gabriel, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Mr. Edwin Gabriel made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$10,500.000.00) to you in the codicil and last testament to his will.

My Dear Good Friend, How are you today? I am writing to inform you that  I have Paid the fee for your Cheque Draft. And  I went to the bank  to confirm if the Cheque has expired or getting near to expire and  Mr.Ahmed Zafa the Director of Central Bank of West African States(BCEAO) told me that before the cheque will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the US$2.5MILLION US DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losting this funds.

ATTN: HONOURABLE BENEFICIARY, I am ALHAJI BABAGANA KINGIBE; secretary federal government of Nigeria of Office of the Presidency. I have being directed by His Excellency, The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria UMARU MUSA  YAR'ADUA, to bring to your notice that this Government understands your Plight, the disappointment you have suffered in the past to get your Contract /inheritance fund paid to you.

REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT  YOUR  BANK  ACCOUNT This is to notify you about the statue of your fund right now in my desk. After due vetting and evaluation of your Inheritance file which The Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Forwarded and contracted us to see to your immediate payment. From our findings you have been going through hard ways by paying alot of charges to see to the release of your fund ($25, 000, 000, 00) which has been delayed.

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Born March 19, 1959, in Burlington, N.C., Troxler writes a mix of reporting, analysis, satire and commentary on state and local matters. He considers himself politically unpredictable with libertarian leanings ("I'm for gay marriage WITH gun ownership") but readers routinely conclude he is hopelessly biased against whatever it is they happen to be for. He is married to a woman who has more sense than he does and lives in St. Petersburg.

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