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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: "paul atuke" <barristeratuke@btcc.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paul_atuke@btcc.org
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 16:25:43 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend
ATUKE & ASSOCIATES
(LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
BMG House, 31 The Valley Road (corner Jan Smuts Ave)
Westcliff 2192
PO Box 97432, Auckland Park, 2506
Johannesburg South Africa
Hello,
I was privileged to capture your names from the Internet. My name is
Barr. Paul Atuke, a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to my
late client, who died along with his wife and his Two sons in a Ghastly
motor accident along South Hills road Johannesburg, over 3 years now
August 3rd, 2001. 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
made enough 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 South Africa and he left behind a deposit of $13.6M (Thiteen million, six hundred
thousand dollars)only in his domiciliary bank account here in
Johannesburg. 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.
I am 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, so that the proceeds of this Bank Account
valued at US$13.6Million Dollars can be paid to you. We shall both
share the funds. 60% to me and 40% to you, 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 deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Please get in
touch with me by email: paul_atuke@btcc.org <mailto:paul_atuke@btcc.org> to enable us discuss
further.
Best Regards
Barr. Paul Atuke
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