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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: "henry ike" <henryike33@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: henryoke5@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:56:28 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise,since I am Barrister
CHIKA henry contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition below,
which will be of mutual benefit to us both.
PROPOSITION
A salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 66 years of age and a very prosperous
farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in the sum of US$21.2 Million
(TwntyOne Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)he named his
wife Mrs. Helga Videurre as the NEXT OF KIN . I was called upon as an
Accredited Attorney to the bank to sign and endorse documents to this
deposit on Mr. Videurre?s behalf.Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Videurre were
killed in the January 14, earthquake that rocked El Salvador ,killing
thousands of people and 1200 others were declared missing. The bank
management now mandates me (being the lawyer that signed and endorsed the
deposit papers for the deceased to trace the family relatives of the
deceased so that the fund will be released to them. I was made to understand
that they had no children.I made several efforts through the El Salvador
High Commission in Lagos to contact any of the deceased family relatives,
but to no avail.Failure to reach any of the family relatives of the deceased
, the only option left for the Bank?s Management is to declare the deceased
account dormant and revert the fund on trading and investment in the
interest of the bank.In order to avoid this development since it has so
farbeen impossible to trace any of the deceased family relatives. I now seek
your permission and assistance to have you stand as a distant relatives to
the deceased. So that the fund can be released to you and we can use it for
our mutual benefit. I hope you do understand my concern in this matteris,
that if we do not use this opportunity to claim this fund , since the
deceased relatives cannot be traced,the management of the bank will declare
the deceased?s account dormant and revert the fund on Trading and Investment
in the interest of the bank.For your assistance, you will be compensated
adequately with(40%) of the total sum (55%) will be my own share while (5%)
will be set aside to coverany incidental expense made both at home and
abroad prior to this transaction.If you are interested in assisting me with
this matter, please send to me urgently via my EMAIL the following details
below:
*Full name, Company or Private Address
*Telephone and Fax number(s).
Upon receiving the above details from you, I willwork out every
documents/proof representing you as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant relative
and when this is done, you will be contacted by the bank for the release and
collection of this fund, which willbe within one week of my receiving the
above detailsfrom you .I will meet with you in your country for disbursement
after the fund might have been released to you and also to discuss
investment potentials as I will like to invest in your country with your
assistance.Be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free,asI have taken
care of all necessary modalities to enable a hitch free transaction.Kindly
ensure to treat this matter in strict privacy(Highly Confidential).
yours sincerely
Barrister CHIKA henry
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