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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a next of kin / dead customer scam (13 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: <okolie@tutopia.com.br>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:01:55 -0400
Subject: URGENT

REPATRIATION OF FUND
SAM OKOLIE & PARTNERS
No. 4 Paya Street, Apapa.
LAGOS - NIGERIA
EMAIL:Samdibashi70@latinmail.com

 

Dear Friend

I am Barrister Mr.Sam Okolie. the Personal Attorney to a Foreign Contractor, Engineer. Andrew Wilson, a National of your
country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF
PETROLEUM RESOURCES,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Here in
after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN
2000,my client, his wife and their three children were
involved in the Kenya Airways flight with registration
number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to
destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board and
the flight crew, including his family died in this
fatal aircrash on 30 JAN 2000.

Since then I have made several inquiries to Several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended 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 of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my clientbefore they get confiscated or declared unserviceableby the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$20Million Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin,relatives so that the fund left will be transferred or have the account confiscated within the next twenty official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$20Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 70% to me and 25% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your Government may require.
All I require is your honest and 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.I will want you to send to me on your return email the following information for the transfer in your favour.

1, Your full names

2, Your contact address

3, Your private phone and fax numbers where we will be
communicating to each other.

 I await your kind response, Good day and God bless.

Regards,
Barrister Sam Okolie.

 

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