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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: "Gabriel Adeola" <gabrieladeola@msn.com>
Reply-To: gabrieladeola2@excite.com
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:47:05 +0000
Subject: Thank you so much
Dear Friend,
With due respect to you, I apologize if the contents hereunder are
contrary to you moral ethics.But please treat with absolute secrecy and
personal. Iam an employee of a commercial bank here in Nigeria and an
Account Officer to a deceased customer of the Bank (Mr.Arthur Zach) we
lost this customer and his family in a plane crash in cotonou,Benin
last year Dec 26,2003 and his account of US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million
U.S Dollars) with us has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of
a next of kin/relatives to claim his estate.
You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this
website:Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
In accordance with the laws governing inherintance here in Nigeria, the
Board Of Directors of the Bank met a forth night ago and resolved to turn
the estate of the deceasedover to the Government having waited for too long
without the deceased relatives/next of kin surfacing and if this is
done,invariably the funds will end up to become Government property and it
is as a result of this that I am moved to contact you as a friend.
In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding
to stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance
before the time period given by the Bank elapse.If you are interested and
in agreement with me, please write back immediately through the alternative
email address provided below. Be rest assured that it is a risk free
project and the proceedings will be shared 50% each once the funds are
repatriated into your account either in the United States or elsewhere.
Also note that as soon as you show your interest,please alsways check
your email, for further important guide and directives to ensure a
successful transaction which will be beneficiary to you as much as I
would.Please also send your Telephone number,so that you can be contacted
too. Looking forward to your very prompt response.
Regards,
Gabriel Adeola.
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