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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: "BARRISTER WILLIAMS AKINTOLA ESQ." <willyakintola@i12.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: willyakintola2@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:09:28 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
FROM THE DESK OF;
BARRISTER WILLIAMS AKINTOLA ESQ (SOLICITOR & ADVOCATE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA)
ROYAL CHAMBERS
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
TEL: 234-803-4477409
EMAIL: willyakintola2@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,
I am Barrister Williams Akintola Esq., attorney at law. I am the personal attorney to late Donald Bender, a national of your country,possibly could be your brother or close relation, who used to work with Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum and Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria. Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.
On the 23rd of May 2003, my client, his wife and their two Children were involved in an auto crash along highly busy Lagos- Ibadan express road. All occupants of the car unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here in lagos to locate any of my clients extended relatives but this has 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. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated, frozen or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, one of the commercial Bank here where the deceased had an investment account valued at Fifteen Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (US$15,500,000:00). The management of the Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account frozen within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at U.S$15,500,000.00 can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money on 60%/40% basis. It is intructive to note that I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we might make.
And this I must do to make sure that this fund is not wasted or end up in the wrong hands. All I require is your honest 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.
Please reply urgently through the above email address stating your private address and telephone number and fax number.
Best regards,
BARRISTER WILLIAMS AKINTOLA ESQ.(SAN)
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