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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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Fraud email example:
From: "Jide Tiawo" <mmohan@web-mail.com.ar> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jidetiawo@seznam.cz
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 02:25:28 -0700
Subject: GOOD FAITH
Barrister Jide Tiawo,
Principal Partner,
Graham & Associates.
Suit 235,Megga Plaza.
Victoria Island, Lagos.
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Jide Tiawo, the Personal Attorney to a Foreign Contractor, who worked with a Multi-national Oil Firm in Nigeria. On the 11th of September 2001, my client, a Mexican National, late Engineer Carlos Alberto Montoya,an oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his Death Three years ago in a Ghastly terrorist attack to american airlines flight 11, from Boston,Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre with 92 people on board. All occupants of the Aeroplane unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my late clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over e Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I decided to contact you. I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$9 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty official working days. since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $9 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 70% to me and 25% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require, I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me via email as soon as you get this email to enable us discuss on the modalities and process for the success of this transaction. I also request for your private telephone number, fax number for easy and more confidential communication. Please respond to me through my private e-mail address for more confidential reasons, email address: jidetiawo@seznam.cz
I await your kind response, Good day and God bless.
Regards,
Barrister Jide Tiawo,
Principal Partner,
Jide Tiawo & Associates.
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