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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: kolaadams1@snaremail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:45:49 -0400
Subject: Urgent Attention Required
From: Barrister Kola Adams
Date: July 12th, 2005
Subject: Business Proposal
Private Email: kolaadamsd1@yahoo.com
Dear Brother in Christ,
Compliment of the day, First, Let me start by introducing myself
properly to you. I am Barrister Kola Adams, a solicitor and attorney at
law. I had a client who was a national of your country, who worked with an Oil Servicing and Exploration Company, here in Nigeria. My late client, Died In an Auto crash On the 21st of April 2001 with his wife and their two children While returning from Port Hartcourt to Lagos where they where residing.
My client Deposited the sum of $5.5m in a Local Bank here in Nigeria,
before his untimely death, whose Deposit Certificate was kept under my
care as his personal Lawyer. He had wanted to transfer this fund to his
country as soon as he is on leave, but his hope was cut down because he died before carrying out his wishes.
As his personal Attorney, Since his death I have made several enquiries
to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any of
his relatives, I decided to contact you so that you and I can work
together in repatrating the money left behind by my late client. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my late client before his account get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this fund was Deposited. Presently, the Bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next Of Kin of my Late Client or have his account confiscated within the next (14) official working days, mandated by the Bank, failure to provide the next of kin within this period the fund will be declared as UNCLAIMED FUND.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some
couple of years now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next Of
Kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of his account valued at
$5.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and i can share the money.
1. 40% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
fund.
2. 60% will come to me as the originators of the transaction.
All legal documents and proves to back up our claim will be provided
when necessary. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction through and to reclaim the fund deposited by my client rather than allowing the Bank to hold on to the fund and declare it UNCLAIMED.I guarantee that this transaction will be carried out under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of law.
Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue
advantage of the trust, I hope to bestow on you. Then kindly get back
to me immediately,only via my private email address: kolaadamsd1@yahoo.com for safety reason,to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY LATE
CLIENT,THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS
HIS NEXT OF KIN, BASED ON THE FACT THAT I WAS HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY,
WHOEVER I PRESENT WILL BE PAID.
Awaiting your prompt kind response.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Barrister Kola Adams
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