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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: associates4@handbag.com
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 02:56:24 +0100
Subject: HELLO
Dear friend,
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise, since we have
not met, permit me however, I am BARRISTER OKAFOR FRANK BODE I am
contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition below, which will
be of mutual benefit to us both.
PROPOSITION
A salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 66 years of age and a very
prosperous farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in the
sum of US$17.5 Million (Seventeen Million, Five hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) he named his wife Mrs. Helga Videurre
as the NEXT OF KIN . I was called upon as an Accredited Attorney to the
bank to sign and endorse documents to this deposit on Mr. Videurre?s
behalf.
Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Videurre were killed in the January 14,
earthquake that rocked El Salvador ,killing thousands of people and
1200 others were declared missing. The bank management now
mandates me (being the lawyer that signed and endorsed the de
posit papers for the deceased to trace the family relatives of the
deceased so that the fund will be released to them. I was made to
understand that they had no children.
I made several efforts through the El Salvador High Commission in
Lagos to contact any of the deceased family relatives, but to no
avail.Failure to reach any of the family relatives of the deceased ,
the
only option left for the Bank?s Management is to d
eclare the deceased account dormant and revert the fund on trading
and investment in the interest of the bank.
In order to avoid this development since it has so far been impossible
to trace any of the deceased family relatives. I now seek your
permission and assistance to have you stand as a distant relatives to
the deceased. So that the fund can be released to
you and we can use it for our mutual benefit. I hope you do understand
my concern in this matteris,that if we do not use this opportunity to
claim this fund , since the deceased relatives cannot be
traced,
The management of the bank will declare the deceased?s account
dormant and revert the fund on Trading and Investment in the interest
of the bank. For your assistance, you will be compensated adequately
with (40%) of the total sum (55%) will be my own sha
re while (5%) will be set aside to cover any incidental expense made
both at home and abroad prior to this transaction . If you are
interested in assisting me with this matter, please send to me
urgently via my EMAIL the following details below:
*Full name, Company or Private Address
*Telephone and Fax number(s).
Upon receiving the above details from you, I will work out every
documents/proof representing you as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant
relative and when this is done, you will be contacted by the bank for
the release and collection of this fund, which will
be within one week of my receiving the above details from you . I will
meet with you in your country for disbursement after the fund might
have been released to you and also to discuss investment potentials
as I will like to invest in your country with y
our assistance.
Be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free,as I have taken care
of all necessary modalities to enable a hitch free transaction.
Kindly ensure to treat this matter in strict privacy (Highly
Confidential).
yours sincerely,
OKAFOR FRANK BODE.
PRIVATE EMAIL:okaforassociates@gawab.com
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