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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: mrkennedy@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:16:45 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20RESPONSE=20=28Get=20Back=20To=20Me=29?=
Good Day
I am Mr. Kennedy Okafor, an Accountant with INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC
(ICB), I am the personal Account Manager to Engr. Michael, a national of
your country and a contractor with Texaco Petroleum Company in Nigeria.
On the 21st of April 2001, Mr Michael (Here in after shall be referred to
as my client), his wife and their three children were involved in a car
accident Along Lagos/Ibadan Express Road. Unfortunately they all lost their
lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several efforts
to locate any member of his family, but all my effort has proved furtile.
I also made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
Unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet,
to locate any member of His family but of no avail, hence I contacted you.
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money in addition, property
left behind by my client before they get Confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, INTERCONTINENTAL
BANK PLC, where the deceased had an account valued at about US$15,435 million
dollars. Consequently, The bank issued me a notice to provide the Next Of
Kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty official working
days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you are from the same country and you, share the same surname so that
the proceeds of this account valued at US$15,435 million dollars can be
paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 50% to me and 40% to
you, while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
An attorney will be contracted to help revalidated and notarize all the
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us sees this deal 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 my email to Enable us discuss further and
also send your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Best regards,
Mr. Kennedy Okafor.
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