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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: "frank johnson" <barrister_frankjohnson_chambers@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 03:20:06 +0000
Subject: DEAR ONG" CAN I CONFIDE IN YOU?????
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER FRANK JOHNSON
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(BAARRISTER FRANK JOHNSON)
SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATE
#24 CANAN STREET IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Dear Ong,
I am Barrister FRANK JOHNSON a solicitor at law and personal/family
attorney to Mr. SHAL Ong National of your country, who was the Chief
Operations Manager, with Shell Oil Development Company in Nigeria herein
shall be referred to as "my client".
On the 21st of April 2003, my client his wife and their three children
traveled to their home country and were involved in a fatal accident and
everybody died. Ever since then, I have made several enquiries to your
embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives but this has also
proved
unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
over the internet to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
My client left lots of money in the bank here. About $18.5 million dollars
USD is left in his name in FINANCE COMPANY here in Nigeria. I have contacted
you that bears this surname to repatriate his money before they get
confiscated
since there is a government gazette/circular mandating/ authorizing banks to
place on hold or freeze any account containing huge sums of money that has
been unserviceable for a reasonable period of time.
This is geared towards forestalling capital flight from the economy. prior
to the execution of this directive, I decided to mail you to stand as the
next of kin to my client so as to claim the money.
I am now soliciting for your assistance/co-operation in approaching the bank
to sign-off and claim this fund from the Bank since your surname is the same
as my client's surname. Upon your readiness to signoff and claim the fund as
the next of kin of the deceased to have the same last name so that the
proceeds of this account valued at $18.5 Million dollars can be paid to you.
You will get 40% share of the money, 60% will be for me and some of the
officials of the bank and I will forward to you the necessary documents to
enable you make adequate claim over the funds and have access to it. I will
also forward to you the contact details of the bank and the officer to
contact so as to avoid the accumulation of much demurrage on the deposited
Money from the Bank.
Please reach me immediately, indicating your interest concerning this
transaction. And send your Tel and Fax numbers so we can communicate more
easily and I can brief you more. You should please reply my mail to my
chambers Mail address which is barristerfrankjohnson_solicitor@yahoo.co.uk
Your soonest response is anticipated.
God bless you and Best Regards.
Barrister FRANK JOHNSON(SAN).
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