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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 Susan Long" <susan2711_1@walla.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:54:00 +0200
Subject: Reply
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister.Susan Long,an attorney at law.I am the Personal
Attorney to Mr. Andreas Schranner (of the blessed memory), a national of
Germany,who used to be a Crude Oil Explorer in Nigeria. Herein after shall be
referred to as my client.
On July 25 2000, my client Mr. Andreas schranner, his wife Maria, their daughter
Eich and
husband Christian and their two children perished in the air France
Concorde, new York bound flight;
Please Click here and find out what happened to the family
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm. Since then I have made
several enquires
to his embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has
proved rather unsuccessful.I have therefore contacted you to assist in
repatriating
the money and property left behind by my client before they get confisticated
or declared unserviceable by the bank in which his fund were deposited.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased operated an account valued to
the tune of ($36 million US dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the
next of Kin or have the account revoked within the next ten official working
days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now
I solicit your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so
that the proceeds of his account can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money to a ratio of 6:4.
I have all the necessary legal document that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation 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.
Best Regards.
Barrister.Susan Long
Telephone 234-803-3074101
Private email: skychambers@skychambers.cjb.net
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