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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: barr_frankjohnson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:10:22 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Reply=20Needed?=
Barr. Frank Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
No: 35 Allen Avenue
Ikeja Lagos Nigeria.
Dear:
Courtesy of Business opportunity, I take liberty anchored on strong desire
to solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficial and risk free transaction
with you,which I hope you give urgent attention. To be precise, I am Barrister
Frank Johnson, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to
Engr. Robert Heidi a national of your Country, who used to work as a contract
with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria, herein after shall
be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 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 there lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives, this was unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet,
to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted
you to assist in repartrating the money left behind by my client before
they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits were lodged.
Now the Bank, where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$15.5million dollars has issued me a notice to Provide the Next of Kin
or have the account confisicated within the next 14 official working days.
Since I have been unsuccesfully in locating the relatives for Over 2 years
now, I seek your
consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased so that the proceeds
of this account valued at US$15.5million dollars can be paid to you and
then you and I can share the money 35% to you and 65% to me.
As legal practitioner, I can procure all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee you that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both parties
from any breach of the law,Now it is being speculated that the above
sum will be transferred into Government Treasury Account as unclaimed funds
on or before end of April 2005.
Please get in touch with me as soon as possible. to enable us discuss further,
and also, you are advice to furnish me
with your telephone number including your fax number, your mobile phone
as well including your date of birth and place of birth and your proffession
and your full contact address.
Best regards,
Barrister Frank Johnson
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