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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: blink frank <blinkkenny01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 06:08:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN
I am BARRISTER JOHN LINKINBLINK. a solicitor at law. And the personal attorney to Mr HILL. a native of your
country, who until his death was a staff of shell
petroleum Development
Company in Nigeria Here in after shall be referred to
as my client. On 30th
JAN 2004, my client, his wife, and their two children
were involved in the
Kenyan Airways (registration number 5Y-BEN) air crash,
which departed from
Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the family, died
in this fatal air
mishap on 30th JAN 2004.. Since then I have made
several inquires to your
Country's High Commission in Nigeria to locate any of
my client's extended
relatives and all the effort proved unsuccessful.
After the several unsuccessful
attempts to contact any of my client's relatives I
decided to contact you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money
and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared neserviceable
by the security and finance company, where these funds
were lodged.
the consignment is ! valued at about $25,Million United
States
Dollars,the security amd finance compant,has issued me
a notice, to provide my client's next of kin or have
the consignment {money} confiscated within the next
twenty-one working days. Since I,
have been unable to locate any of my client's
relatives for almost three years
now, I seek your sincere consent to present you as the
NEXT OF KIN of MR
Hill's consignment, so
that the proceeds of this! consignment valued at
$25,Million United States dollars
would be paid to you in cash and after that we will
share the funds among us. 60%
to me and 40% to you, I have all necessary legal
documents to backup any
claim we may make. All I
require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this deal through. May you please indicate your
interest in this deal by
sending your Fax , Phone Numbers and name for easier
communication I want to assure
you,that this transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please
get in touch with me through My emails or phone number as soon as
possible to enable us discuss further.
Best regards,
BARRISTER JOHN LINKINBLINK
N.B Please take more of your time,the fraud cases in
nigeria now is much,but i am guaranteeing you that
this is safe as far as i am concern
Pls if intrested Reply to
barrister_linkinblink@yahoo.com
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