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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: "Barrister Mike Attah" <barr_mike_attah@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barr_mike_attah111@iol.pt
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 04:06:33 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED CALL ME THIS IS MY NUMBER+234-4761026.
From:Barrister Mike Attah
Royal Chambers And Associates
Private E-mail address is:
barr_mike_attah11@iol.pt
(TOP SECRET)
Attn: Sir/Madam
I am Barrister Mike Attah, a solicitor at law.I am the personal attorney to
Late Mr. Mark , a national of your country, who until his death was an
employee with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria. my client who
died together with his family on vacation holiday at Tsunami disaster: this
is the link of the disaster for your
confirmation,http://www.tsunamis.com/tsunami-pictures.html, unfortuniate
lost their lives in that disaster last year December 26, 2004 Tsunami
Thialand, which took thousands of lives. Since then I have made several
inquiries to my clients country's embassy to locate any of his extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name so as to
locate any nearest relative or to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client
before they are confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
huge deposits were lodged, particularly the Standard Trust Bank Ltd where
the deceased had an account Valued at about US$10,500,000.00 (Ten
million,Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) The Constitutional
provision of the Federal Republic of Nigeria further mandates the deceased
attorney to repatriate the funds to original country of deceased if
established. The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next 21 official working days.Since
I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives after the disaster, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that
the proceeds of this account valued atUS$10,500,000.00)
1) 40% to you.
2) 55% to Me
3) 5% will set aside for any expenses incured by both of us during the
process of this transfer.
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. You can contact me through my alternate e-mail
(barr_mike_attah11@iol.pt) and enclose your private telephone number for
easy communication.CALL ME THIS IS MY NUMBER+234-4761026
Best regards,
Barr. Mike Attah (Esq).
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