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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: "jones adams" <jonesadams@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:16:13 +0100
Subject: Dear Mohan
Dear Mohan
Good day and how are you? My wish is that you recieve this latter in good
faith and by the grace of God we are going to work good things out of this
great deal.
My name is Barrister jones adams, A Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme
court of Nigeria, I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Alan Mohan), an expert
rate, who was a consultant with shell development oil company in Nigeria.
On the 21st of April 2001, my client and his wife were involved in a car
accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road. Unfortunately they lost their
lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several enquiries
as to locate any of his extended relatives, but all proved abortive. After
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I
decided to contact you. I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the
money valued at about (US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client (Mr. Alan
Mohan) with the universal trust bank Plc (UTB) before it gets confiscated or
declared
unserviceable by the bank.
Consequently, The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I
hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased, the
proceeds of this account valued at (US$11.5 million dollars) can be paid to
you and then you and I can share the money.55% to me and 40% to you, while
5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this
project. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed
without any hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.
Please do get in touch with me through my E-mail address above
jonesadams56@hotmail.com
Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum co-operation.
Yours Sincerely.
Barrister Jones Adams (Esq
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