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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: "REV. BARR WILLIAMS" <bar101@williamschamberworld.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:27:19 +0000
Subject: good faith
KINDLY TREAT AS URGENT
REV BAR WILLIAMS`CHAMBERS
16,PARK VIEW ESTATE IKOYI
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
KINDLY REPLY TO: rev_williams@eresmas.com
Good day,
*IMPORTANT AND PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
This mail is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form to you
but i must solicit your confidentiality, i know a proposal of this magnitude
will make anyone apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that it
issent in good faith and will be of mutual benefit to both parties.I am REV
BAR J WILLIAMS, a solicitor at law,and the personal attorney to Mr.kenneth
Giggs a nationale of your country, who worked with shell-development Company
in Nigeria.Here after referred to as my client.
Please do not feel bad about the manner of reaching out to you it is so
because I am compelled to contact you due to the situation am faced with. On
the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and their three children were
involved in a car accident along sagamu express road,all occupants of the
vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several
inquires to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this
has prove unsuccessful and these several
unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you. I am contacting you to assist me to repatriate the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated in the bank treasury or
declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged. The
Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about 28.8 million
dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for almost 4years 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 28.8 million dollars can be paid to
your account.For God sake, I have all necessary legal documents that can be
used to back up any claim we may make anywhere. All i require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. I am willing to give you a
reasonable percentage (30%) of this money at the conclusion of the
transaction.
Furnish me with your contact TELEPHONE and FAX numbers as soon as possible.I
will be looking forward to doing business with you and I do solicit your
Confidentiality in this transaction.Please mail your Response and all other
Correspondence to me through my Confidential/Private email address below in
order for me to update you more on the plans as to how we intend to
actualize this transaction most successfully.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Best regards,
BARR.J WILLIAMS (SAN)
KINDLY REPLY TO: bar101@freemaild.com
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