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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: "williams coker" <williamscoker1717@msn.com>
Reply-To: williamscoker_4@sify.com
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 02:32:31 +0000
Subject: Barrister Williams Coker
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Williams Coker, the Personal Attorney to a Foreign
Contractor, who worked with a Multinational Oil Firm in Nigeria.
On the 11th of September 2001, my client, a Mexican National, late
Engineer Carlos Montoya, an oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal
Government of Nigeria, until his death some years ago in a ghastly
terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston,
Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, crashed into the North
Tower of the World Trade Centre with 86 people on board. All occupants
of the Aeroplane unfortunately lost their lives.
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 client before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits were
lodged.Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about US$9.3Million has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin,relatives so that the fund left will be transferred or havethe account
confiscated within
the next twenty official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for over 4
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$9Million 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, The name of bank you wish we will use in receiving the fund
successfully
4, The complete address of the bank
5, Your private phone and fax numbers where we will be communicating
to each other.
I will want you to send your reply to my private
email:{williamscoker@sify.com} as soon as you get this mail to enable us
discuss on the modalities and process for success of this transaction.
Regards,
Barrister Williams Coker.
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