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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: AGENT JOY JERRY <joy_jerry40@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:20:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
BARRISTER JOY JERRY PARKERS MACDONALD(SAN )
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATE
#16 CANAL STREET IKOYI
(LAGOS NIGERIA.)
Telephone +234-80-3079-782
ATTN:
BEFORE I START, I MUST FIRST APOLOGIZE FOR THIS
UNSOLICITED MAIL 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,JOY JERRY PARKERS
NELSON(SAN ) , A SOLICITOR AND THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY
TO Late Mr.Spencer--Allison ,
A CITIZEN OF YOUR COUNTRY,WHO WORKED WITH AN OIL
COMPANY IN NIGERIA.HERE IN AFTER REFERRED TO AS MY
CLIENT. ON THE 11 SEPTEMBER 2005, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE
AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN PLAN CRASH
IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . MY CLIENT AND HIS ENTIRE
FAMILY UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE PLAN
CRASH , PLEASE VEIW THE WEB SITE
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, THE NEED TO CONTACT YOU.
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 UNION 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
WHICH I WILL FAX TO YOU ON GETTING YOUR REPLY.
SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING MY
CLIENT'S RELATIVES FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS 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 UNION BANK
OF (NIG) PLC. WE CAN TAKE PART OF IT AND LEAVE THE
REST TO CHARITY. I HAVE ALL NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS
THAT CAN BEUSED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIM WE MAY MAKE ALL I
REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION 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. PLEASE GIVE ME
YOUR CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN FAX
TO YOU ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BANK AND ME.
DIRECT YOUR REPLY HERE p_parker442@myway.com
BEST REGARDS,
BARRSITER. JOY JERRY PARKERS MACDONALD(SAN )
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATE
#16 CANAL STREET IKOYI
(LAGOS NIGERIA.)
Telephone +234-80-3079-7082
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