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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: "Barrister Adams" <barradams@barristeradams.com>
Reply-To: barradamsa@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:49:43 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR QUICK REPLY!!!
ADAMS & CO. ASSOCIATES,
(Legal practitioner)
5 BROAD STREET,
Ikoyi Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel/Fax: +234-805-604-6600
Email: email:barradamsa@yahoo.com
DEAR SIR/MADAM
I am BARRISTER ADAMS DAVID Solicitor. I am the
Personal Attorney to MR JEFF WATER a national of your country, who used to
work with shell Development Company in Nigeria. On the 2nd of May 2002, my
client, his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident
along Ibadan Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost
their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients 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 have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money
that belong to my late client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an
account valued at about $10million dollars and right now the bank has issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin to my late client or have the account
confiscated within the next seven official
working days. Since i have been unsuccessful in
locating the right relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased since i can not get the
rightful beneficiary, so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $10 million dollars can be paid to
you and then you and me can share the money at this ratio 55% to me and 40%
to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may
require, I have the certificate of deposit that can be used to back up any
claim we may make, 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 the law.
Please get in touch with me by email or call me +234-805-604-6600 to enable
us discuss further. so that i can give you more details.
Please reply through this email:barradamsa@yahoo.com
I WILL OBTAIN AFFIDAVIT FROM COURT WHEN YOU RESPONSE
TO ME.
Thanks for your understanding as i wait your reply.
Best Regards,
BARR ADAMS DAVID (SAN)
NOTE: I WILL BE SENDING YOU A LETTER OF CLAIM TO FILL AND AFTER FILLING IT
YOU ARE ADVICE TO FORWARD IT TO THE BANK INORDER FOR THE BANK TO START UP
IMMEDIATELY THE PROCESSING OF THE RELEASE OF THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND
THIS LETTER WHICH I WILL SEND YOU WILL ENABLE YOU TO OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH
THE BANK AND THIS LETTER WILL ALSO MAKE THE BANK TO RECOGNISE YOU AS THE
LEGAL BENEFICIARY OF THE SAID FUND OKAY.
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