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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: chibu2001@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:27:16 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20urgent=20reply=20is=20needed=2E?=
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER GEORGE MADU
{GEORGE MADU & ASSOCIATES SOLICITORS ADVOCATE
AND NOTRARY PUBLIC OF NIGERIA}
NO: 24 ALABA STREET IKOYI STREET
LAGOS-NIGERIA
DEAR FRIEND,
FIRST I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION AND WISH TO APOLOGISE
TO YOU IF THIS EMAIL MIGHT HAVE WRONGED YOU IN ANY MANNER. AND BEFORE I
CONTINUE I WISH TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU OFFICIALLY MY NAME IS BARRISTER
GEORGE MADU (KSJ).A SOLICITOR AND THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO ENGR. MARK ,
A CITIZEN OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO WAS A BIG TIME CONTRACTOR HERE WITH ONE OF
THE OIL COMPANIES HERE IN NIGERIA .HERE-IN-AFTER REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT.
ON THE 21ST OFAPRIL 2004. MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN WERE
INVOLVED IN A GHASTLY MOTOR ACCIDENT ALONG SHAGAMU EXPRESS ROAD AND MY CLIENT
HIS ENTIRE FAMILY UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE CAR ACCIDENT WHICH
ALSO CLAIMED SEVERAL LIVES ALSO. 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 THEN NEED TO CONTACT
YOU EMANATED.
MY MAIN REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS SO THAT YOU MAY ASSIST ME IN REPATRIATING
THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY ARE CONFISCATED
OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THEY ARE DEPOSITED/LODGED.
THE BANK WHERE THE DECEASED HAS A FIXED DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WITH THE TOTAL SUM
OF $ 18,000,000 {EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS.} THE SAID BANK
HAS ISSUED ME A FINAL NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF IN TO MY CLIENT OR THEY
WILL BE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO CONFISCATE HIS FUNDS AND HAVE
THEM TRANSFERRED INTO THE RESERVED ACCOUNT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA FOR THEIR PRIVATE USE.
SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING MY CLIENT'S RELATIVES FOR
THE PAST TWO YEARS, NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF
KIN OF MY CLIENT, 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
IT FOR THE BANK AND THE FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE CAN TAKE PART OF IT AND LEAVE THE REST TO CHARITY IF YOU SO DESIRE. I
MUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND SAFE, BECAUSE
I HAVE ALL NECESSARY AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE USED TO BACK UP WHATEVER
CLAIM WE ARE GOING TO 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 AND CONDUCIVE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT
YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.
KINDLY GIVE ME YOUR CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBERS AND YOUR RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS ALSO STATE YOUR BANKING INFORMATIONS WHERE YOU WOULD WANT THIS MONEY
TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO SO THAT I CAN UPDATE YOU AND BE ASSURED OF YOUR SERIOUNESS
AND COOPERATION.
BEST REGARDS,
BARRISTER GEORGE MADU (KSJ)
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