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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: "Geoffrey Bell" <info@infinityhome.org>
Reply-To: barr_geoffreybell@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:26:48 +0000
Subject: Inheritance Cotton
Compliment,
I was privileged to capture your names from the Internet. My name is Barr.
Geoffrey Bell, a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to late Mr.
Adams Cotton, a national of your country who died along with his wife and
his Two sons in a ghastly motor accident along Sagamu express road Ibadan,
over 4 years now (August 13, 1999). All the occupants in the vehicle lost
their lives. I am convinced that it was the grace of God that made me to
locate you.
My client was a successful and is accomplished family man, who madeenough
fortune before his untimely death.
Since then I had made several inquiries through your Embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.
After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
through the Internet, to locate any member of his family not much progress
was recorded My late client was an influential wealthy businessman, an oil
magnet here in Nigeria and he left behind a deposit of Forty two Million,
Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only ($42,200,000.00usd) in his
domiciliary bank account in a commercial bank here in Lagos.
After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorney to
provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune. The board of
directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his
next of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working days or forfeit
the money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers had planned to
invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after
the expiration of the period given to me. Despairing at the point of
exhaustiveness, fortunately, I came across your name, to my utmost
amazement, I discovered that you bear the same surname with my late client
and coincidentally, you are nationals of the same country.
Convinced that you may be linked with my late client or that you might
provide clue to my search, I therefore, decided to contact with these facts
before me because of the similarities.By virtue of my closeness to the
deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client
financial standing and the bank account he operates. I have reasoned very
professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the
next of kin of my deceased
client, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank account, hence I
contacted you. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the
Deceased since you are at an advantage, bearing the same surname and equally
from the same country, so that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at
$42.2 Million Dollars can be paid to you. We shall both share the funds. 55%
to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for Expenses or Tax as your
Government may require, I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents
that will be used to back up our claim.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this dealthrough.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimatearrangement that
will protect you from any breach of law.Please get in touch with me by email
to enable us discuss further.
Best Regards
Barrister Geoffrey Bell.
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