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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: "WILLIAMS FRANCIS" <williamsfrancis@excite.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:02:30 -0800
Subject: Compliuments
Compliments of the season to you,
I am Francis Williams, a solicitor at law and personal attorney to Mr.
Fidel A. Smith, Resident Foreigner, here in Nigeria and a staff of The
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), who died Intestate, leaving
in my care a sizeable amount in a domiciliary United States Dollars
Investment Account about two years ago. On the 21st of June 2002, my
client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident
along Sagamu-Benin Expressway, all the 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 proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his
family, hence my contact with you.
I am contacting you to humbly request your assistance in the
repatriation of the investment left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Investment bank, namely, United
Trust Bank, where my client domiciled the United States Dollars Investment
Account valued at US$21,320,000.00 (Twenty One Million, Three Hundred
And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars), interest inclusive, the bank
has already issued a Government Mandatory formality notice to provide
the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated and this should expire
within a month.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives for
over two years and convinced that no one is coming forth, and haven
satisfied the mandatory legal requirement of Beneficiary/next of kin
Notification, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of my
deceased client since you have the same last name, which will enhance the
processing of the release and payment of the investment into an account
to be provided by you (preferably outside the African Financial
Institutions or its Islands), as the perceived Next of Kin, legally and
otherwise.
All I require is your honest co-operation and confidence in me; which I
know would not come easy. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate background that will protect you from any breach of the
law. I would advise that you give this positive consideration and get
back to me soon. I'll be flexible and considerate in the percentage share
that will be given to you for your assistance and for this, I propose a
75% to me and the other 25% of the money to your, the reason I am
having a higher share of the percentage is due to the fact that I am the
originator, and above all, I will do all the co-ordination to ensure
successful and hitch free transaction. I have all necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up any claim we may make. I expect your urgent
response and if in the affirmative, I shall advice you on what we need
to do. It is absolutely important that you attention your response to
me with a reconfirmation of your full name, address and telephone
number, to enable us discuss further about this project.
Best regards,
Francis Williams (ESQ).
Lagos, Nigeria.
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