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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "PAUL SATO" <paulsato123@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paulsato123@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:41:06 +0100
Subject: EMAIL FROM PAUL
From: Barrister Paul Sato,
PAUL SATO & ASSOCIATES.
#3 Allen Avenue, Ikeja,
Lagos, Nigeria.
paulsato123@hotmail.com
Good Day,
I am Paul Sato, personal attorney To Mr. A. Delbert, an expartriate who used to work with Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), here in Nigeria. On the 2nd of January 2005,I recieved a call that my client died in the Tsunami Disaster with his wife and two kids while on Vacation at Phuket
Island in Thailand.
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives. This has proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet hence I contacted you.
I contacted you to assist in repartriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit was lodged.Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at US$7,500,000.00 (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
The bank issued me a notice to provide the next-of- kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my late client,I seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-kin to the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$7.5M can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money; 50% to me and 40% to you,5% will be for expenses and inheritance tax, while 5% will be donated to the Tsunami Disaster Charity Fund.
I have all necessary legal documents that will be used to back up our inherittance claims. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see the deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please contact me by email to enable us discuss further.Email:paulsato123@yahoo.co.uk
Yours faithfully,
Barrister Paul Sato
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