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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: "Tony Awele" <barr_tonyawele@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrtonyawele@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:42:53 -1000
Subject: BARRISTER TONY AWELE & ASSOCIATES
BARRISTER TONY AWELE & ASSOCIATES
44, KOFO ABAYOMI AVENUE,
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
Dear sir,
I am Barrister Tony Awele, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney
to Mr.Steve Camille, who used to work with Chevron Oil Development
Company in Nigeria.
On the 21st of April, 2002, his wife and their three children were
involved in a car accident along Abuja
Express Road. Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of
the accident.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any
of my client relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail,hence,
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client in a Security Company. Particularly, the Security Company where
the deceased deposited the US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United States
Dollars only). Consequently, this Security Company issued me a notice
to provide the Next of Kin to claim the US$15 Million (Fifteen Million
United States Dollars only) in their custody within the next ten
official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of Kin to
him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by the
Security Company.
Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet with
you for the disbursement of
the fund and then you and I will share the money in this order: 55%
will be for me, 40% will be for you, while 5% will be used on expenses
incurred. I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our
claim we may make with the Security Company.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from All I require is your honest co-operation to
enable us see this deal through.
Please, get in touch with me by my secured and confidential email.
Best regards.
Barrister Tony Awele (Esq).
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