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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: "Philip S William" <office@wlawchambers.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:05:15 +0000
Subject: Repond immediately
William Associates & Chambers.
Solicitors & Advocates,
Lagos- Nigeria.
E-mail- office@williamlawchambers.org
Compliment.
Dear Friend,
I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it
was borne out of desperation and current development. Please bear with me.
My name is Barrister Philip William, a legal practitioner and the personal
Attorney to late Eng.Manfred Becker, who used to own an oil servicing
company in Nigeria. Herein after shall be referred to as my client. On
December 1999 my client, his wife and their three Children were involved in
the ADC Airline Plane crash i know that my client had no living kin but i
went ahead and made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, but this has proved unsuccessful.
I only did so to be double sure of this fact. 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 where these huge
deposits were lodged, particularly the standard trust Bank Nigeria Limited
where the deceased had an account valued at about $25m (Twenty Million five
hundred thousand United state Dollars).
The bank has issued me a notice that in the event that no next of kin comes
up for the claim, the account will be confiscated after four years if not
claimed and we have just about a month.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over three
years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 25 Million Dollars
can be paid into your nominated bank account and then you and me can share
the money in the mode, 60% shall be for me and 35% for you and 5% shall be
map out for expanse that are being made within the transfer.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Kindly gets in
touch with me by this email address (office@williamlawchambers.org) to
enable us discuss further, and your telephone, fax number is urgently needed
for further discussion.
I look forward to your urgent response.
Best regards,
Barr. Philip William
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