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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: "OKOH FRANK" <okohfrank41@msn.com>
Reply-To: okohfrank102@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:49:16 +0000
Subject: warm greeting my good friend!!!
Law Chamber Principal Attorney
Okoh Frank & Associates
44, Kofo Abayomi Avenue,
Victoria Island,
Lagos-Nigeria.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail
to you. I believe you are a highly respected
personality, considering the fact that I sourced your
profile from a human resource profile database on your
country. Though, I do not know to what extent you are
familiar with events.
Well, I am Barrister Okoh Frank, a Solicitor. I am the
Personal Attorney to Mr. Steve A. who used to work
with Agip Oil Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April
2003, his wife and their three children were involved
in a car accident along Abuja Express Road.
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event
of the accident. Since then I have made several
enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's
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 to no avail, hence, I
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left
behind by my client in a Bank. Particularly, the
Finance House where the deceased deposited the US$15
Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only)
knows me very well and has ask me to present some one
to claim the fund left my late client as they all know
I am his attorney.
Consequently, this Bank issued me a notice to provide
the Next of Kin to claim the US$15 Million (Fifteen
Million United States Dollars only) in their custody
within the next ten official working days. Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you
as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund
as the Next of Kin to him so that the Bank will
transfer the fund to your account.
Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your
country to meet with you for the disbursement of the
fund and then you and I will share the money in this
order: 70% will be for me, 30% will be for you. I have
all the necessary legal documents that can back our
claim we may make with the Bank.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us
seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.
Best regards.
Okoh Frank
Principal Attorney
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