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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: "ben okeke" <benokeke@benandassociates.com>
Reply-To: barrister_benokeke@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:59:11 +0000
Subject: Dear Gagnon
Dear Gagnon,
I am Barrister.Ben Okeke (Esq), a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Mr.Robert Gagnon,a National of your country who works with
Petrochi Construction Company in Nigeria and he is known and referred to as
my Client.On the 21st of August 2001,my client, his wife and their four
children were involved in a car accident along Sagbama express road.
Unfortunately all the entire family lost their lives in the tragedy.
Since then, I have made several enquires to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives but all my efforts proved unsuccessful.
After these unsuccessful attempts failed, I decided to track his last name
in the Internet to locate any member of his family or his national hence I
contacted you. Now my contacts to you is to assist me in repatriating the
money in his bank account here before the account will be confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the finance & security company where he deposit
this money valued( $8,320,643.00) More importantly, the finance and security
company where the deceased client deposited these huge sums of money has
served me a write of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my client or the
account will be confiscated.
Since I have tried and failed on sever occasions in locating his
relatives I am now seeking for your consent to present you as the next of
kin the deceased since you have the same last name with him, so that the
money in his account will be paid to you while I will come over to your
country for the sharing.
I will take 50% while you will take 40%.and 10% will be donated to the less
privileged and charity organization.I have all the necessary legal documents
that can be use to backup any claim we may want.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Finally,if this
business interest you, please get in touch with me immediately via my
contact,email: (barrister_benokeke@yahoo.com) also indicate to me your
contact phone and fax nos. included to enable me call you immediately for
More information.Awaits your urgent reply.
Respectfully
Barrister.Ben Okeke (Esq).
E-mail: (barrister_benokeke@yahoo.com)
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