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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: "Walter BARTON" <walterb@walterb.org>
Reply-To: walterb_43@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:24:20 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO Me
Dear Friend ,
Gooday !
Permit me to introduce myself'' I am walterr ben bena legal
practitioner and the personal Attorney to my late client,(a
national of your country) who died along with his wife and his
Two sons in a Ghastly motor accident along Egbeda road, third
main-land bridge, over 4 years now August 13, 2001.
Since then I had made several inquiries through your Embassy to
locate any of my clients extended relative but this exercise has
proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I
decided to trace his relatives through the Internet, to locate
any member of his family not much progress was recorded.My late client was
an influential wealthy businessman, an oil
magnet here in Nigeria and he left behind a deposit of Ten
Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only
US$10,2OO,OOO.OO in his domiciliary bank account here in Nigeria
After the death of my client his bankers 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 within 28 working days or forfeit the money to the bank as
an abandoned fund.
The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree
of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the
period given to me.
Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness, fortunately, I came
across your name, to my utmost amazement, I discovered that you
bear the same surname with my late client and coincidentally,
you are nationals of the same country.
I am Convinced that you may be linked with my late client or
that you might provide clue to my search, I therefore, decided
to contact with these facts before me because of the
similarities. By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his
immediate family, I am very much aware of my client financial
standing and the bank account he operates.
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 so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank
account hence I contacted you.
I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the
Deceased since you are at an advantage, so that the proceeds of
this Bank Account valued at US$10.2m Million Dollars can be paid
to you.
We shall both share the funds. 55% to me and 45% to you, I shall
assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to
back up our claim.
All I require is your honest cooperation 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 law. Please get in touch with me if you can help as to enable us
discuss further.
Best Regards
barr: walterr ben
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