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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: johniwuala6@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:31:14 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ASSISTANCE=20NEEDED?=
John Iwuala & Associates.
Solicitors & Advocates.
23-03-2005
Dear Peters,
Good day. I know this Letter will come to you as a
suprise,though I do not intend to embarrass you.
Before I proceed, I must say that I am very sorry for
jumping into your private mailbox, there was no safer
way to contact you in regards to this business
transaction, which requires a direct contact with you
and all confidentiality. I got your email address from
a reliable email journal and I decided to mail you,
which I believe it's your private email box, I do NOT
know you, but hope to meet a trust-worthy friend.
Let me start by Formally introducing My self to you. I
am Barrister John Iwuala,a Legal Practitioner and Head
of Chambers, of an International accredited Law Firm
with offices in Nigeria ,South Africa and United
states.
I am the Attorney representing Engr.Chris Henry who
lost his life in recent Tsunami disaster while on
vacation with his family in Thailand at the famous
tourist resort Island of Phuket.According to report
reaching me, based on an extensive inquiry through
Nigeria Embassy in Thailand revealed that non of his
family member survived devastating Tsunami disaster.
My deceased client lived most of his lifetime in
Nigeria and took here as a home, since according to
him he was raised up in an orphanage in his country
having been abandoned by his mother. As a consultant
to Oil Prospecting Companies in Nigeria he made
fortune for him self and i have been his personal
Attorney Spanning for a period of five years.
Now to the brass tack, the deceased took life
Insurance Policy that entitles any Surviving member of
his family to a whooping sum of USD5,000,000.00 in the
event of his death. Unfortunately his wife and
children who statutorily are his next of kin are no
more and under the existing law here the Surviving
relatives of my deceased client becomes the
benefactors.
It is as a result of this development that compelled
me to go into an extensive search in the Internet for
possible trace of his family Linage but to no avail.
However, since coincidentally both of you come from
the same country, I want to seek your consent to
present you as a relative to My deceased client by
virtue of family linage. As attorney to the deceased
the onus of proof to establish your relationship with
my client, rest on me and to achieve this objective,
there are judicial process involved which I will brief
you on subsequent correspondence if you indicate
interest. I am not pursuing this claim for the
monetary gain, it is a duty I owe my late client as I
intend to use part of the fund to establish a
Foundation in his name, notwithstanding you will be
adequately rewarded for you assistance in this
endeavour, as you will receive 30% of the total amt
involved.
Expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.
John Iwuala esq.
Principle partner
Alternative email <jiwuala@fastermail.com>
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