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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "WILLIAMS ZWA" <oboo@trav.se> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 01:24:35 -0700
Subject: WITH TRUST
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Williams Zwabo, the Personal Attorney to a Foreign Contractor, who worked
with a Multinational Oil Firm in Nigeria. On the 31st of October 1999,my client,
Mr. David Van Buskirk and his wife, an American Nationals were involved in an
Egyptian Air1990 Plane Crash. All occupants of the Aero plane unfortunately lost there lives.
Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients 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 to
no avail, hence you are contacted.
Please visit this web site for you to confirm my proposal
(http://www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html).
I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my client before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits were
lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about US$11 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next twenty official working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for over 4 years 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 $11 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can
share this money. 70% tome and 25% to ,while 5% should be for expenses or tax
as your government may require, I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal 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 via email as soon as you get this mail to enable us
discuss on the modalities and process for success of this transaction if my proposal
interests you. I also request for your private telephone number, fax number for easy
and more confidential communication. I await your kind response,
Have a nice day and God bless.
Please indicate your interest by sending your response to these two email addresses.
(abow@voila.fr) (barrister88@telstra.com)
Regards Barrister Williams Zwabo
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