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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: "william jose" <bwilliamzz@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerwilliamz@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:16:14 +0000
Subject: Urgent
Private/Confidential
Dear Sir/Madam,
Do not be surprised about receiving this confidential proposal from somebody
you do not know, it is as a result of urgency and nature of the business I
have that made me contact you this way. I am Barrister Jose William,
personal attorney to late Mr. Patrick Mark, an expatriate who used to work
in my country back in Africa as an Engineering Consultant with Sociedade
Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol), the state owned Petroleum
Corporation of Angola.
On the 21st of April 2003, my client was killed when the oil-rig where he
worked was attacked by rebels fighting the government during the civil war
in the country. Mr. Mark used to be a close friend of my late father who
died four years ago. I am currently living in London, UK. Since that
unfortunate incident, I have made several enquiries to locate any of my
client's relatives to facilitate repatriation of his estate from Africa.
My efforts up till date proved unsuccessful. His personal house in the
capital city Luanda has already been taken over by one minister of the
government.
The reason for contacting you is to assist me urgently in repatriating a sum
of Twelve Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars
(US$12,650,000) left behind by my client before his death. This amount of
money is lodged with a security/finance company operating between Africa and
Europe. The security company has issued me a notice to provide the
next-of- kin of my client or have the money declared unserviceable and
confiscated to the Angolan government.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives going to two
years now, I seek your consent for a confidentiality co-operation with me so
I can present you as the Next-of-kin to the deceased. The proceeds of this
deposit shall be paid to you and then you and I share the money; 50% for
me, 35% for you while we shall donate 15% to any charity organization(s) of
your choice in your country. It is better the money is claimed and put into
profitable/peaceful use by you and me than allowing it to be confiscated and
used for buying more ammunition for repressing and killing the minority
ethnic groups by the corrupt government in Angola.
I have all necessary legal documents that will be used to back up our
inheritance claim. The difference in names will not affect the transaction,
because an affidavit to be sworn and submitted for this purpose will take
care of that. All I require is your honest and serious co-operation to
enable us see the deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
If you are capable of handling this deal, please reply me by email to enable
us discuss and proceed accordingly. For privacy and confidentiality reply
using my email box: barristerwilliamz@yahoo.com
Yours faithfully,
Jose Williams.
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