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From: LARRY HANS <[email protected]>Attn:Sir/Madam
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:05:26 +0100
Subject: Any of his relative PLEASE CONFIRM IF John Ploughman IS A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY
Any of his relative PLEASE CONFIRM IF John Ploughman IS A MEMBER
OF YOUR FAMILY
Some months ago, your attorney wrote to us that you had a motor
accident which affected your spinal cord. He requested that we should
not contact you so as to give you time for full recovery while he
takes care of your payment logistics. Just last weeks, your attorney
came to notify us that you were dead. He said you that died as a
result of spinal injury you sustained in the accident. It is sad and
shocking to hear from your attorney that you were dead about the time
every obligation towards release of your fund has been completed.
We hope there isn’t any foul play to your death. Your attorney brought
to our office one John Ploughman whom he introduced as your
relative to now receive your funds.Since you delegated the chores of
your payment logistics to your attorney before the accident, we didn’t
have cause to interact with you directly as much until your death. It
is our standard procedure to write the email address of any deceased
whenever we get a report of death for affirmation that the person is
indeed dead because strange things do happen especially when money is
involved. Experience has taught us that the closest relative of the
deceased mostly and often take control of the deceased email account
after death because most people that died relinquishes their private
and vital information to their closest relations during the course of
sickness.
We only got to know Him through your attorney and need a confirmation
from any of your family member that he is a true relation. This is to
avoid any kind of unauthorized payment or diversion of payment in
collusion with the attorney. Whosoever that has taken possession of
this email account after the death of the real owner should as a
matter of urgency get back to us. If after two weeks we fail to get a
reply, we will assume that the death report as received through the
attorney is true and we will accept him as the true relation of the
deceased and make payment to him. We commiserate with the family for
this great loss.
Regards,
Mr. Larry Hans