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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: "Olumide OOSI" <barristerolumide@olumideoosichambers.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:15:31 +0000
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT
FROM: BARRISTER OLUMIDE OOSI AND CHAMBERS
No. 53 Falomo way, Lagos-Nigeria
Nigeria.
Email: Chambers_oosi@yahoo.com
Legal Practitioner, Solicitors & Notaries
&
Property & Civil Law
Email-chambers_oosi@yahoo.com
With compliments and respect please I beg your pardon for this unsolicited
nature, it was out of desperation and Curiosity that made me to contact
you, to introduce myself ,
I am Barrister Olumide Oosi, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to a client, a national of your country, who used to work with Shell
Petroleum Development
Company (SPDC) here in Nigeria, is referred to as my trusted client.
On Sunday, 27th of January 2002, my client, his wife {Lady Anna and their
three children{Elizbeth,Dexter and James} were involved in terrible bomb
blast that took live of innocent souls and unfortunately over 1000, people
lost their lives and my client and his family were part of this people that
lost their lives. In view of this please view the web page below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
client's 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 or any close name to
his, hence I contacted
you. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get liquidated or declared
Unserviceable by the bank where
this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the OCEANIC BANK where the
deceased had his account valued precisely to be USD$ 7.546,810{seven million
five hundred & forty six thousand eight hundred & ten.} The bank has issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account liquidated within
the next twenty one official working days.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a national of same
country to stand in as the next of kin, so that the fruits of this old man's
labor will not get into the hands of some group of corrupt government
officials who will get rid of the money and share it for their own selfish
interest and greed.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your prompt 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 USD$ 7.546,810 can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money according to any agreed ratio.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any
breach of the law.
Looking forward to your swift reply.
Please reply to chambers_oosi@yahoo.com
Truly yours,
Olumide Oosi
Alternative Email- barr_olumideoosi@hotmail.com
Please send to me your direct contact telephone numbers as will like to talk
with you on on one
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