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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: andersonlawfirm1@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:33:15 +0200
Subject: Business proposal (Do you mind.
MR KELVIN ANDERSON (Esq.)
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES
NO 30 VICTORIA STREET
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
April 19 2005
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr. Kelvin Anderson (Esq), a Lawyer by profession.
I was opportuned to be the personal Attorney to MR VILLARINO KEN BRAIN who
worked for the BP Oil Exploration Company in Southern Africa, herein after
shall be referred to as my client.
On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and their two children were
involved in a car accident. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost
their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to
locate any of my client's extended relatives. This has proved unsuccessful.
I came to know about you through an enquiry I was making in the Internet,
and I decided to contact you in order to assist in repatriating the money
and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank.
Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at US$7.5
Million Dollars, has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confisticated within the next 21 official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at
US$7.5 Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the
money.
I have 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
business 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 email and send to me your telephone and fax
numbers to enable us discuss further about the details of this transaction.
Best regards,
MR KELVIN ANDERSON (Esq)
[Attorney at law]
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