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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: "Lari Williams" <lariwilliams@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lariwilliams@sino.net
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:56:32 +0100
Subject: Request For Assistance
Dear Friend,
I sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy especially by
contacting you through this means. It is due to the seriousness and urgency
it requires, it therefore became necesary for me to seek your consent and
assistance.
I am Mr. Lari Williams, personal lawyer to Late Mr. Gabriel Gibson, who
worked with an Oil Servicing Company. I am contacting you concerning my late
client and an investment he made. I would respectfully request that you keep
the contents of this mail confidential.
On December 25, 2003 my client passed away in an aircrash involving Union
Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin Republic. I refer
you to this link for further information regarding the crash:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
Before his death, the deceased had a Deposit valued at USD $5.5 Million in a
bank which he planned to transfer to his country as soon as he embarks on
his annual vacation. An ultimatum has been issued to me by the bank to
notify his relatives to come forward and claim this money or else it would
be termed as unlaimed deposit and given to the government as stipulated by
the law governing abandoned deposit in my country. The truth is that the
money would not be given to the government. I was reliably informed that
some officials of the bank are planning to claim the money as a result of
the ongoing restructuring in the bank just because he did not declare
anybody as his next of kin. This discovery led me to conduct a detail search
over the Internet for my late clients relatives hence my decision to
contact.
Since I have been unsuccessful in my search for his relatives ; I have
resolved to seek your consent to present you to the bank as my client's Next
of Kin/Relative because you are a foreigner and can easily pass as the
deceased relative. I know you will be wondering how possible this could be
but I assure you that this is simple.
I will acquire all legal documents that would be used to back up the claim
as this will prove that the deceased had recognised you as his next of kin.
This will enable you to apply officially for the funds after which the money
would be transferred to you for us to share 50/50.
If you are interested in doing this transaction with me kindly send your
reply and provide the following information:
YOUR FULL NAME.
CONTACT ADDRESS.
TELEPHONE NUMBER.
All that I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see the
transaction through. Everything would be done legally and my position as the
deceased attorney would add credence to the claim. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement.
Thanks for your consideration.
Best Regards,
Lari Williams.
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