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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: "james azu" <james_az2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: james_az2005@o2.pl
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:20:12 +0000
Subject: Letter From James.
Dear friend,
My name is Mr James Azuka, A Banker,I am an Accountant with Standard
Trust bank and personal Account Manager to Engineer A Smith, a national
of your country, who used to work with Summit Oil company .Here after shall
be refered to as my client On April 21, 1999, my client, his wife and their
three children were involved in a car accident along Shagamu.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since then I
have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family, but so far it has not
yield any good result hence I contacted you, as a fellow national to act as
the next of kin.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they Get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly
the Standard Trust Bank. Where the deceased had an account Valued at about
fifteen Million United State Dollars Only. ($15Million U S 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 years now,
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of edeceased since you
are a fellow national of his country so that theproceeds of this account
valued a($15Million U S Dollar) can be paid toyou and then you and me Can
share the money.60% to me and 40% to you.
An attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and notarize all the
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. I know all
will come well with Prayers and God by our side, i look forward to hearing
from you.Please reply through this althernate email (james_az2005@o2.pl)
stay Blessed,
James Azuka
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