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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: "barra elrufai" <barraelrufai@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aelrufai@eseenet.com
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:58:03 -0700
Subject: I hope this meets you in good health.
From: Barrister Ahmed El-Rufai
Jauche & Associates Solicitors,
Corporate & Property Consultants
Lagos - Nigeria.
Dear Friend,
I hope this meets you in good health. My name is Barrister Ahmed El-Rufai a
Legal Practitioner and Attorney to late Mr. Ziya Bazhayev,who died in the
plane crash of Yak-40 jetliner on March 9, 2000. You may follow the Link
below to read about the Plane Crash my client lost his life:
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/031500/usn_LA0703.001.shtml&
http://news.1chinastar.com/ll/english/61934.shtml My late client was an
influential Wealthy Businessman,a Contractor in myCountry and a big time
Oil Dealer and the Principal owner of Oil Alliance Company and he left
behind a deposit of Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollar(US$15,500,000.00USD) in his Domiciliary Bank Account in a commercial
bank here in Country. I have employed every method to locate any of my
clients extended relatives but this exercise has proved unsuccessful, due to
my inability to locate any of his relative, I now have a view of investing
this fund with you, which is my main reason of contactingyou. After the
death of my client his Banker contacted me,as his Attorney to provide his
next of kin who should inherit his fortune. The board of Directors of his
bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for
the payment of this money or forfeit the money to the bank as an abandoned
Estate. The bank had planned to invoke a clause in the property Act, to
confiscate the funds after the expiration of a period given to me. In spite
of this and at the point of desperation, I came across your contact, while
trying to locate documentation's regarding possible relatives of my client
in his Country of Origin. I am believed to be convinced that you may be able
to act in locus for my late client as his next of kin, I therefore, decided
to contact you with these facts before me, because of the status quo. By
virtue of my brief and my closeness to the deceased, I am very much aware of
my client's financial standing and the bank account he operated here in my
country. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally
proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client and the sole
beneficiary of his estate, so that you are be paid the funds left in his
bank account, hence I contacted you by seeking your consent to present you
as the Next of Kin. The bank needs only the facts as to be presented
legally. The rest is between you and I and with my guidiance, we can have
the money paid into your account, once this is done we shall both share the
funds. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% would be for all Expenses and
Taxes, as the Law and Government may require, I shall assemble all the
necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up your claim. All I
require is your honesty and co-operation to enable us succeed in this deal,
I guarantee that this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any Breach of law. Please get in touch with me
upon the receipt of this proposal.
Best Regards,
Barrister Barrister Ahmed El-Rufai (Esq).
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