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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: "erik more" <erikmore@msn.com>
Reply-To: erikmore_2005@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:04:01 +0000
Subject: Hello
Hello,
I am Barrister Erik More, I am the personal Attorney to late, Mr.Michael
Blair a national of your country, who was a contractor with the Niger Delta
Development Commission. On the 12th of December 2003, my late client, his
wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along
Warri/Portharcourt Road. Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the
event of the fatal accident.
Since then I made several enquiries in your Embassy here to locate any of my
late client's extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail. I have contact
you to assist me in receiving the money and properties left behind by my
late client as a last resort, before they get confiscated. His Bank here has
the intention of declaring his account with them dormant/unserviceable and
subsequently frozen his huge deposit with them. My Late client has a deposit
of US$15m (fifteen million U.S. dollars) with this Bank.
The Bank issued me a notice to provide my late client’s Next-of-Kin or have
the account confiscated within the next 21 banking days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my client for over one full year
now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-Kin of the deceased
having come from the same country, so that the proceeds of his bank account
valued at $15 million can be paid to you and then you and I can share the
money. I propose 60% of the total sum comes to me, while you get 30% for
your involvement, 10% shall be for expenses or tax as your government may
require.
I shall make all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up our
claim that you are the Next-of-Kin available through the Federal High Court,
all procedures have been worked out.
All I require is your honest cooperation as a sincere Partner 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 get in touch with me via this email to enable us discuss further.
Best regards,
Barrister Erik More.
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