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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: "Joseph Adams" <josephadams12@msn.com>
Reply-To: josephadams003@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:16:28 +0000
Subject: Good Day
I am Joseph Adams a Barrister and Solicitor to a deceased Immigrant ngineer
and property magnate who was based in the Nigeria, Also referred to as my
client,a national of your country, who used to work with Shell
development Company here in Nigeria.
My client with his entire family (The wife and Children) were involved in a
local plane crash at kano enroute Abuja(capital city)in Nigeria on May 2002,
the crash claimed all occupant aboard the airline.
Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster
that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several inquiries
to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also
proved unsuccessful,after several unsuccessful attempts.
My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client prior to his death before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits
were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at US$15.5 Million
dollars. The bank had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year
now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased since you have
the same last name/surname so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$15.5 million dollars can be paid to you.
I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to
back
up your claim.
All i require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney
to the deceased in seeing that you receive your inheritance fund.
I guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect you from
any breach of the law.
Find below the site to prove as evidence,
http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanoc rash.html
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/05/06/stories/20020506004515
00.ht=m
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1 968616.stm
I implore you to get back to me via email ,
upon your acceptance to claim the inheritance fund.
Waiting to hear from you.
Yours faithfully,
Barr.Joseph Adams (SAN
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