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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: "Sanni Adamu" <sanniadamu02@msn.com>
Reply-To: saniadamu234@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:53:16 +0000
Subject: HI FRIEND
FROM BARRISTER SANNI ADAMU
OF SANNI & CO CHAMBERS
LAGOS-NIGERIA
Dear Friend
Before I start, I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to
you. I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to
starting arelationship, but as time goes you will realize the need for my
action. Myname is Barr. Sanni Adamu, An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate
Of Nigeria(SAN). I am the personal Attorney to Late Engr.Douglas , A
Nationalof your country, who used to work with Chevron Development Company
inNigeria. Herein after shall be referred to as my Client. My client then
decided to invest in another lucrative business by importing Textiles and
Automobiles in the Benin Republic from another neighbouring country here in
Africa.
On one of my clients numerous trips was unsuccessful as my client and
his family died in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing 727 UTA
chartered flight that took off from Cotonou,Republic of Benin and
crashed into the Atlantic ocean on Thursday, 25 December 2003. And about 111
passengers were killed. For details of the plane crash, please visit:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash
Since then I have made several inquires to the Embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over
theInternet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. 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 these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank manager where the deceased had an account valued
at about (US$8.5M) Eight Million Five Hundred United States Dollars has
issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or Have the Account
confiscatedwithin the next 21 working days. Since I have been unsuccessful
in locating the relatives for over some months now,I then seek your consent
to presentyou as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same
last
name so that the proceeds of this account valued at (US$8.5M) Eight Million
Five
Hundred United States Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can
share the money.
First of all, I am going to give you any substantiating information you
mayneed concerning the legality of this transaction and about my humble
self.Do not be scared about this transaction, it is a legal business. I am a
respected attorney in Nigeria. You can log on to
www.nigerianlawyers.com/Rex.Shakarho.htm
and see my name in the listing of registered legal practitioners in
Nigeria.Number 359
All necessary legal documents will be in place 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 do get
in touch with me through my private mailbox below:
sanniadamu234@yahoo.co.uk
For more details, once I have your consent and trust then we can proceed
immediately. Your anticipated response is urgently needed.
Yours Faithfully,
Barr. Sanni Adamu (Esq.) LLB (HONS) BL. Sanni & Co.
Principal Partner.
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