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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: "DAVID JOHN" <david-john19@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: david_john_2000@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:00:16 +0100
Subject: PLEASE REPLY AND CALL ME URGENTLY
*FROM BARR. DAVID JOHN.*
*DIRECT NO: +234-802-9315467*
* *
*THIS CONTACT IS TANTAMOUNT TO AN UNFLINCHING DESIRE TO ESTABLISH A LONG
MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP BASED ON TRUST AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.*
* *
*I AM BARR. DAVID JOHN, I HAVE A CLIENT MR. MARK WHO BEARS THE SAME LAST
NAME WITH YOU, A FOREIGNER WHO USED TO WORK WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CO-OPERATION (NNPC).*
*ON THE 2ND OF AUGUST 2006, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN
WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ALONG BADAGRY EXPRESS ROAD LAGOS NIGERIA ON
THEIR WAY FROM BEACH. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR
LIVES.*
* *
*SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF
MY CLIENT'S EXTENDED 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 OF NO AVAIL, HENCE I
CONTACTED YOU.*
* *
*I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST ME IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY LEFT BEHIND BY
MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GOT CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY ZENITH
BANK PLC. WHERE THE HUGE DEPOSITS WERE LODGED.*
* *
*PARTICULARLY, THE ZENITH BANK WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT
ABOUT US$15. MILLION 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 SOME TIME 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 US$15. MILLION CAN BE PAID TO
YOU AND THEN YOU AND I CAN SHARE THE MONEY; 60% TO ME AND 40% TO YOU,*
* *
*I HAVE THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF THE DISEASED WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE
BANK FOR THE CLAIMING OF THE FUND. ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION
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.*
* *
*PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IMMEDIATELY BY MY SECURED AND CONFIDENTIAL
EMAIL AND CALL ME ON MY DIRECT NO: +234-802-9315467. I WILL APPRECIATE IT IF
YOU WILL FORWARD IMMEDIATELY YOUR FULL NAMES, ADDRESS, AND YOUR HOUSE AND
CELL PHONE NUMBER WHICH I WILL USE IN WRITING THE FIRST APPLICATION TO THE
BANK.*
* *
*SINCERELY YOURS,*
* *
*BARR. DAVID JOHN.*
*TEL: +234-802-9315467.*
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