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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: "Tobe Williams" <associates@tobewilliams.net>
Reply-To: tobeassociates@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:25:13 +0000
Subject: Re: *IMPORTANT AND PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
*IMPORTANT AND PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
FROM: FESTUS` CHAMBERS
16,PARK VIEW ESTATE IKOYI
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
KINDLY REPLY TO: barrifestus@hotmail.com
Good Day to you and your family,
This mail is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form to you
but i must solicit your confidentiality, i know a proposal of thisn
magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you
that it issent in good faith and will be of mutual benefit to both parties.I
am BARRISTER FESTUS IBE, a solicitor at law,and the personal attorney to
late Engineer Carlos Montoya a Mexican National, who worked with
shell-development Company in Nigeria.Here after referred to as my
client.Please do not feel bad about the manner of reaching out to you it is
so because I am compelled to contact you due to the situation am faced
with.On the 11th of September 2001, my client, his wife and their three
children were involved in a car accident along sagamu express road,all
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have
made several inquires to embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives,this has prove unsuccessful and these several unsuccessful
attempts to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I am
contacting you to assist me to repatriate the money and property left behind
by my client before they get confiscated in the bank treasury or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.
The Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about 9 million dollars
has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for almost 4years now I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so thatthe
proceeds of this account valued at 9million dollars can be paid to your
account.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
any claim we may make anywhere. All i require is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. I am willing to give you a reasonable percentage (25%) of
this money at the conclusion of the transaction. Furnish me with your
contact TELEPHONE and FAX numbers as soon as possible.I will be looking
forward to doing business with you and I do solicit your Confidentiality in
this transaction. Please mail your Response and all other Correspondence to
me through my Confidential/Private email address below in order for me to
update you more on the plans as to how we intend to actualize this
transaction most successfully.
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.
Best regards,
BARRISTER FESTUS IBE (SAN)
KINDLY REPLY TO: barrifestus@hotmail.com
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