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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: abelibe@haefft.de
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:58:55
Subject: GOOD DAY TO YOU
Dear Sir,
I am sure that this letter will come to you as a surprise, but I shall be greatful if you would read with the interest of assisting in the transaction tendered herein.
I am Barrister ABEL IBE (ESQ) Barrister and solicitor at law. I am
the personal attorney to Mr.Christian Eich, a national of your contry ,who used to work with Shell Petroleum development Company (SPDC) here in Lagos-Nigeria, herein shall be refered as my client, On Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK , my Client, Christian Eich, 57, an engineer his wife,two children and his wife's parents were among the victims of the AF4590 crash include all 109 people on board and five who died on the ground when the plane crashed into the Hotelissimo.
You can as well check this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm )
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to do a reasearch, to locate any member of his family or any close name to his,hence I contacted you.I am contacting you to assist in repatrating the money as your name is similar with my client's name and property left behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits (valued at US$10.5 million )were lodged,
The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next (21)twenty-one official working days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money according to any agreed ratio. therefore you will be required to send your bank details to me so that I can forward it to the bank for them to make the transfer before we start sharing.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please reply me through this alternative email address abelibe@indiatimes.com
Telephone 234 80 57742551
Best regards,
ABEL IBE (ESQ)
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cent thru freemehl on www.haefft.de
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