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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: "Info centre" <info1@informationsworld.net>
Reply-To: fr_bobby@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:57:59 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ TWICE AND GET BACK TO ME.
From the Desk of Barrister Frank Bobby,
Frank& Associste Chambers
44, Kofo Abayomi Avenue,Victoria Island,
Lagos-Nigeria.
Tel: 234-802-465-9969,
Email:fr_bobby@yahoo.com.
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Frank Bobby, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.
Steve, who used to work with Chevron Oil Development Company in Nigeria. On
the 21st of April, 2002, his wife and their three children were involved in
a car accident along Abuja Express Road.
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since
then I have made
several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client relatives, this
has also proved
unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet
to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence, I contacted you
to assist in
repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Bank. Particularly, the
Bank where the deceased deposited the US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United
States Dollars only).
Consequently, this Bank issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to
claim the US$15 Million
(Fifteen Million United States Dollars only) in their custody within the
next ten official working days.
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 to claim the fund
as the Next of Kin to
him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by the Bank.
Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet with you
for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the money in
this order: 55% will be for me, 40% will be for you, while 5% will be used
on expenses incurred. I have all the necessary legal documents that can back
our claim we may make with the Bank.
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. Please, get in touch with me by my secured and confidential
email address
at<fr_bobby@yahoo.com> to enable me clarify you further.
Best regards.
Barrister Frank Bobby (Esq)
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