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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: "Michael Odogwu" <michael_legalofficer@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:56:15 +0000
Subject: Reach me my friend.
5th Nov.2005.
My good friend,
I am Barrister Michael Odogwu Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Michael
Odogwu Chambers. Actually, my purpose of writing to you arose due to the
death of my client Engineer Joseph Ruiz. He died in an auto crash in company
of the family along Sagbama express road junction, Sagbama River State of
Nigeria on the 21st June 2003.
He is an expatriate and was a major contractor with Shell Development
Company. When the accident occurred, their children died instantly while he
and the wife died few hours after their admission into Sagbama General
Hospital. They were however identified through the pocket diary recovered
from him (Engineer. Joseph).
>From the moment their identity was confirmed, series of meetings were held
between the management of shell Development Company and myself (his
attorney) concerning their burials. Though we tried our possible best to
locate any of his relation(s) but all the efforts yielded no results. After
waiting for several weeks with out any one showing concern, we went forward
to bury them at Sagbama general hospital cemetery after obtaining their
death certificates from the hospital management.
After their burial, information of his death where sent to every company he
transact businesses with including Union Bank of Nigeria Plc were he has the
sum of $15,350,000 in his bank account. This amount is now waiting for claim
by any of his Next of Kin or his extended relation(s). Further more, Union
Bank of Nigeria Plc has already served me a writ of notice to present to
them the legal Next of kin who will inherit his asserts including the fund
deposited in their bank. Base on the notice therefore, I am seeking for your
consent to present you to the bank as the legal next of kin to the late
Engineer so that we can retrieve the sum he deposited in the bank which
legally will only be approved for release to a foreigner.
Procedure to claim the money: I will need only your full name, physical
address and telephone number. The information will be used to prepare an
application letter for claim on your name, which I will send to the bank for
their approval. The bank will after approving the application letter contact
you for further transfer information and I will stand by your side to
provide for you whatever information they (Union Bank) may require from you.
Sharing pattern: When the fund is confirmed in your bank account, I will
give you 30% of the total amount as your participating share. In this
regard, the process will take us only 14 banking days to conclude if we give
it the required attention. I will give you more information when you have
responded.
Yours faithfully,
Barrister Michael Odogwu
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