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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: "Albert Ayodele" <albert_ayo113@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abert_101@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:10:22 +0000
Subject: details get back to me
KOLOMA CHAMBERS
{Solicitor & Advocate}
124 Nnamdi Azikiwe Street,
Balogun Lagos Nigeria.
phone 234-8030499209
Dear Sir,
I am Barr. Albert Ayodele (Esq) personal attorney to Engr.Mark
George, a national of your country, who worked with Zenon Oil
Company here in Nigeria here in after,shall be referred to as my client.My
client with his entire family (The wife and Children) were among the
victims of an explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, that happened on January 27,2002
which, claimed many lives and property. See the 2 website of the bomb
explosion below:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm
I have made several inquiries to your embassy after his internment to locate
any of his extended relatives, but all this has proved unsuccessful.
Consequently, I decided to track you over the Internet, to assiste me to get
this money out from the company My purpose of contacting you is to assist in
repatriating the deposited fund of US$13, Million USD that was lodged in by
my late client in a Finance Company when he was alive. The repatriation is
as a result of a fourteen days notice (ultimatum) that has been issued to me
by the Finance company requesting me to present to them a next of kin to my
late client so that the fund would be repatriated to him/her.
Failure to do that after the expiration of the ultimatum will result in the
confiscation and freezing of the account by the finance company. For the
fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2
years plus now, I now seek your consent to present you as the next kin to
the deceased since you have the same last name with my client, so that the
fund would be transferred to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive
response, I shall officially present you to the finance company as the next
of kin to the inheritance so that they will commence the processing of your
fund transfer. I need your assistance and co-operation to get this deal
done. Because as a foreigner,you stand a better position to be
presented through documentation as the next of kin/Partner since the
deceased is also a foreigner,this is the reason why I could not do this deal
alone as a Nigerian and a Blackman as well. I will not fail to inform you
that this transaction is 100% risk free.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction,you will be entitled to 35% of the
total sum as gratification,while 5% will be set aside to take care of
expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills, while 60% will be for me.and Please you have been advised to keep
this"Top Secret"as we are still in service and intend to retire from service
after we conclude thisdealwith you, Moreover, I would want you to feed me
with the following details:
Your Full name:
Age:
Sex:
Phone Number and Fax if any:
Occupation:
Furthermore, what I require from you is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this transactions through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law. Please reply me as soon as possible for us to start this
transaction in earnest.
Yours faithfully,
BARRISTER ALBERT AYODELE
KOLOMA CHAMBERS
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