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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: "Peter Williams" <peterwilliams2k@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: peterwilliams9k@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:59:32 +0000
Subject: Kind Assistance
PETER WILLIAMS CHAMBERS,
LEGAL PRACTITIONER
ATTN: Friend,
It is with Heavy Heart, I am reaching you regarding the death of my late
client. I am Barrister Peter Williams, the personal Attorney to the late MR.
MIKE & CAROL HALL a nationality of Isle of Man in UK, who used to work with
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria. before their recent
Death on the 26th of December during the Tsunami disaster last year (2004).
Please, I will like you to view this web site below and see what i am
talking about.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4153821.stm
Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the inccident, since
then I have made several inquiries to several Embassies to locate any of my
clients 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 of no avail, hence
I contacted you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client, I can easily convince the bank with my
legal practice that you are the only surviving relation of my client.
Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
$17million U.S dollars (seventeen million U.S.dollars).Consequently, The
bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over several
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 $17million U.S
dollars can be paid to your account and then you and me can share the
money. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should be for expenses or tax as
your government may require.
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
eal 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 my email to enable us discuss further I will want you to
send to me on your return email with the following information for the
transfer in your favor.
1,Your full Name,
2,Your contact Address
3,You're private phone, Mobile and fax numbers for easy and effective
communicating for
each other's.
I await your kind response, Please if you are interested and capable in
handling this deal with me, Due get back to me ASAP with the following
information's.
Yours Faithfully
Barrister Peter Williams
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