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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 Smat Bona" <barristersmatbona@smatbonachambers.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:41:37 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY, ATTENTION.
FROM:BARRISTER SMAT BONA.
SMAT BONA.AND ASSOCIATE,
PUBLIC NOTARY,SOLICITORS & ADVOCATE.
CANADA.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
GOOD DAY, ATTENTION.
I am Barrister Smat Bona, a Solicitor I am the Personal Attorney to Engr.
John Williams, a national of your country, who used to be an oil field
merchant in Canada.On the 24th of August 1999, my client, his wife and their
three children were involved in a car accident along Cape Town Express
Road.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then
I have made several enquiries to your embassy here in my country to locate
any of my client‘s extended relatives, this has also 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, hence
I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscticated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.As soon as I
hear from you, we shall discuss the mordalities of processing this money in
your favour, hence it has become obvious that the later has no
relatives.Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
exactly $14.6m, (fourteen million six hundred thousand dollars) has issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated
within the next ten official working days.
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 $14.6m (fourteen million six
hundred thousand dollars) can Be paid to you and then you and I can share
the money in an agreeable percentage that we shall reach as we progress. I
have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we
maY make. All I require is your honest cooperation 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 by telephone (preferably) to enable us discuss
further on the modalities for executing this project.All I require is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and
Me, from any breach of the law.So what i will require from you is to send me
these details below;
1.FULL NAME
2,CONTACT ADDRESS
3,TEL/FAX NUMBER
4,MOBILE NUMBER
5,AGE
6,OCCUAPATION
7,SEX
8,COUNTRY
With these details i will now file an application to the bank as next of kin
to my late client,and send me these details immediately as we cannot afford
delays .
Thanks as i await your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
Best Regards,
Barrister Smat Bona Esq.
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