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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: barristerjohnigodo11@handbag.com
Reply-To: barrjohnigodo@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 07:35:57 -0800
Subject: Letter From Barrister John
Dear Sir/Madam.
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise, since we have not
met, permit me however, I am Barrister.John Igodo, I am contacting you to
kindly assist me in the Project below, which will be of
mutual benefit to us both.
A salvadorean, Mr. Remirez Shirley , 66 years of age and a very prosperous
farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in
the sum of US$7.5 Million (Seven Million, Five hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) he named his wife Mrs. Helga Shirley 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. Shirley's behalf.
Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Shirley were killed in the January 14, 1999 ,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 deposit 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 declare
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 matter, 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 share 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 your 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,
Barrister.John Igodo.
___________________________________________________________
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