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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: "Egbo Patrick" <egboop1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: egboop1@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:29:45 +0100
Subject: JOIN VENTURE
Williams Chambers,
#21,Afolabi Brown Street,
Akoka,Lagos-Nigeria,
Nigeria.
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Egbo Patrick, the Personal Attorney to a Foreign
Contractor,who worked with a Multinational Oil Firm in Nigeria.On the 11th
of September2001,my client,a Mexican National, Late Engr.Williams Bulk, an
oil Merchant & contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his
death Four years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airlines
Flight 11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to LosAngeles,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 totrace his relatives over
the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence
contacted you.I have contacted you to assist me inrepatriating 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 accountvalued at about
us$10Million has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin,relatives so
that the fund left will be transferred or have the 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$10Million will be
paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 60% to me and 40% to
you. 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/beneficiarie's name.
2, Your contact address.
3, The name of bank you wish we will use in receiving the fund and the
account details 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 also want you to send your reply to my private email
address(egboop1@yahoo.fr)as soon as you get this mail to enable us discuss
on the modalities and process for success of this transaction.
I await your kind response, Good day and God bless.
Regards,
Barrister Egbo Patrick.
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