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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: "jude okoro" <judeokoro558@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:56:21 +0100
Subject: PLEASE, INDICATE YOUR INTEREST.
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Jude Okoro, the Personal Attorney to a Foreign Contractor,
who worked with a Multinational Oil Firm in Nigeria.
On the November 1997, my client, an American National, late Engineer Steve
Moore, an oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria,
until his death eight years ago, He died along with his entire family of a
wife and two children in November 1997 in a Motor accident.
Since then I have made several inquiries to Several Embassies to locate
any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved nsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, That is why 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 me in repatriating the money left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$15 Million has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin,relatives so
that the fund left will be transferred or have the account confiscated
within the next twenty official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for over 8
years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$15 Million can be
paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 70% to me and 25% to
you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your Government may require.
All I require is your honest and co-operation 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.
I will want you to send to me on your return email the following information
for the transfer in your favour.
1, Name of beneficiary
2, Your contact address
3, The name of bank you wish we will use in receiving
the fund successfully and the Account numbers.
4, The complete address of the bank
5, Your private phone and fax numbers where we will be
communicating to each other.
I will want you to also send your reply to my private email
<barristerjudeokoro1@myway.com>
as soon as you get this mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and
process for success of this transaction.
PLEASE, REPLY TO THIS MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL <barristerjudeokoro1@myway.com>
I await your kind response, Good day and God bless.
Regards,
Barrister Jude Okoro.
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