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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: "Christopher Okosun" <chrisoko100@yahoo.com.au> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:20:40 -0800
Subject: Respond
BARR. CHRISTOPHER OKOSUN
21b awolowo way
Ikoyi-lagos
Nigeria.
Tel;234-8037251842.
Email;chrisoko100@yahoo.com.au
DEAR CEO/MD
I am BARRISTER CHRIS OKOSUN, a legal Solicitor and
I was the Personal Attorney and legal adviser to the
late Mr. Jonas Christoff, a national of your country,
who used to work with Mobil oil Company Nigeria Plc.
On the 21st of March 2002, my client, his wife and
their three children were involved in a car accident
along Sagamu Express Road.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their
lives. Since then I have made several enquiries 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 of no avail, hence I have
contacted you in confident to assist in repatriating
the money and property left behind by my client before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the bank where the deceased had a
deposit valued at about Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars ($10,200,000.00) has issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next ten official working days.
since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over two years now, I seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you are from the same country so that the
proceeds of this account valued at Ten Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars ($10,200,000.00] can be paid
to you and then you and i can share the money. 65% to me
and 30% to you, 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 by my private email;
chrisoko100@yahoo.com.au or call me on my cell
number#234-8037251842 to enable us discuss further.
Best regards.
BARR. CHRIS OKOSUN
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