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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: "Rotimi Williams" <rotimiwilliams5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: inforotimi234ng@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:28:31 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE
WILLIAMS AND ASSOCIATES
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER ROTIMI WILLIAMS
Plot 5678, Ahmadu Bello way,
Victoria Island.
Lagos - Nigeria
Email: inforotimi234ng@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,
I am Barrister Rotimi Williams, a Solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Mr. Dennis, nationality of your country .He was a specialist
Seasoned Contractor with Shell Petroleum Company in Lagos - Nigeria, who
unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africans Flight
Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin Republic on the December 26,2003.
You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this: website:
Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm
Before his death on the 26th December 2003. He has a fixed Deposit account
with one of the biggest commercial bank here in Nigeria and no other person
knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin
died along with him in the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries
to locate any of my clients Extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.
After these Several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you
but I know you don’t know him or bear the same late with him, but with your
last name we can workout this project successfully if you are interested in
this transaction we can work hand in hand to backup the claims. We can get
this money before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank.
Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 2 years now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$20.522
million can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. I will
obtain all the necessary legal documents on your behave as the next of kin
to the late deceased that can be used to back up any Claim we may make. All
I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the Law and am assuring you that it is
100% risk free transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do send your reply on my above EMAIL
ADDRESS:
Best Regards
Barr. Rotimi Williams
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