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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: "Morgan Ibeh" <barmorgan_ibeh9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: contact_barmorgan_ibeh@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:29:16 +0000
Subject: Urgent
BARRISTER MORGAN IBEH
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATE
#21 ROAD, G CLOSE HOUSE, 18 FESTAC TOWN, LAGOS NIGERIA.
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: contact_barmorgan_ibeh@yahoo.com
DEAR SIR,
BEFORE I START, I MUST FIRST APOLOGIZE FOR THIS UNSOLICITED MESSAGE TO YOU.I
AM AWARE THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO STARTING A
RELATIONSHIP, BUT AS TIME GOES ON YOU WILL REALIZE THE NEED FOR MY ACTION.
MY NAME IS BARRISTER MORGAN IBEH, A SOLICITOR AND THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO
(MR. RICHARD ATANGA) A CITIZEN OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO OWNES A CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA, HERE-IN-AFTER REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT. MY CLIENT,
HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE TSUNAMI DISASTER
INCIDENT IN INDONESIA LAST YEAR.MY CLIENT AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY
UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE DISASTER.
SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY
CLIENT'S EXTENDED RELATIVES, WHICH HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AFTER THESE SEVERAL
UNSUCESSFUL ATTEMPTS. MY MAIN REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME
INREPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY
ARE CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THEY ARE
DEPOSITED/LODGED,PARTICULARLY,THE GULF BANK OF (NIG) PLC.WHERE THE DECEASED
HAS A FIXED SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS. THE SAID BANK HAS
ISSUED ME A FINAL NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT OR THEY
WILL BE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO CONFISCATE HIS FUNDS, A COPY OF
THE SAID NOTICE I WILL FAX TO YOU ON GETTING YOUR REPLY.
SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING MY CLIENT'S RELATIVES SINCE LAST
YEAR NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT
GOING BY THE FACT THAT BOTH OF YOU HAS THE SAME NATIONALITY, SO THAT THE
SAID FUNDS AS STATED ABOVE, I.E, THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU INSTEAD OF LEAVING FOR GULF BANK OF (NIG) PLC. WE
CAN TAKE PART OF IT AND LEAVE THE REST TO CHARITY.
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
ARRANGMENT THROUGH I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE
ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.
IN YOUR REPLY, KINDLY GIVE ME YOUR CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I
CAN FAX TO YOU SOME PROVE DOCUMENTS OR I CAN SEND IT BY ATTACHMENT.
BEST REGARDS,
BARRISTER MORGAN IBEH {ESQ}
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