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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: "Franklin David" <frankdavid12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: davidlawfirm12@yahoo.dk
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:45:56 +0000
Subject: Preposition for Your Understanding
From:Barrister Frank David Esq (LLb,Bsc,Phd)
Solicitor & Public Notory-Service to Humanity
Suit 37 Independence Building Victoria Island,
Lagos--Nigeria
P.O.Box 2453 Marina
LAGOS-NIGERIA
Hello,
I am Barrister Frank David ,the attorney at law to Mr Mark, a nationale of
your country, who used to work with Enron Electrical Company in Nigeria.Here
in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2001,my
client, his wife and their Only Son 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 track his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank here. These huge deposits were lodged
Particularly,with the"City Express Bank Plc" where the deceased had an
account valued at about Nine Million Five hundred Thousand dollars.The bank
has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $9.5million United States dollars can be paid to you and
then you and i can share the money evenly and then part will go to the dream
of Mark which has been developing a social home for the less previlage. I
will procure all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up for
any claim we may make.
What i need from you is to send me in your next mail,
1) YOUR FULL NAME
2) YOUR ADDRESS
3) YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION
4) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS WHERE I CAN REACH YOU AT ALL TIME
Please,make sure that all the information that you will be forwarding to
me are very correct because that will be what i will use to get all the
legal documents in your name for the transfer of fund to your account All I
require is your honest 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. Do feel free to ask questions
in what you do not understand in this letter in your next mail as i wait
positively to your response.
I remain ,
Barrister Frank David Esq
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