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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: "david bronze" <davidbronze6@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:58:10 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR UTMOST ASSISTANCE URGENTLY
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This mail transmission is been sent by a lawyer. It
contains information that is confidential, privileged, proprietary, or
otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. There is no intent on the part of
the sender to waive any privilege,including the attorney-client privilege,
that may attach to this communication.
Dear friend,
I am David Bronze an Attorney at law.A deceased Client of mine by
name,Mr.Kar Mundhil who was a senior staff of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Cooperation as an expertrate,whom here in after shall be referred
to as my client,in 14 february 2005 This year, died as a result of cardiac
arrest when he heard that his ex- wife and only daughter died at thailand
due to the crisis at then (sunami)
<http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster>
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating most especially,the money
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged,most importantly,the
Bank where the deceased had an account valued at 12.3 million dollars which
has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the account
confiscated.since there is a government gazette/circular
mandating/authorizing banks to place on hold or freeze any account
containing huge sums of money due to the incessant rate of curruption and
malpractice by top government officials.This is geared towards forestalling
capital flight from the economy.
My proposition to you, is to seek your consent to present you as the Next of
kin and beneficiary of my named client so that the proceeds of this account
valued at 12.3 million dollars can be paid to you,and then we can share the
amount on a mutually agreed percentage.35% will be for you,40% for me,20%
for a reputable charity home to help the sunami victimsbecause the money is
owned by a deceased man and 5% set aside for any expenses during the course
of thistransaction.
All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin, will
be provided.All I require
is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. This
will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
If this business proposition offends your moral values,do accept my apology
but if not, then contact
me at once to indicate your interest,By giving me your telephone number so
that i too can contact you and you can reach me through my private mail
box:davidbronze7@netscape.net
Regards,
David Bronze
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