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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: Solomon Shangirila <so_gira01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: so_gira@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:30:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent
Dear Fred Borgmann,
I am Barr. SOLOMON SHANGIRILA, an Attorney at law, and the personal lawyer/friend to late Engineer M.A.Borgmann, a foreigner who used to work with Shell International, Lome,
Republic of Togo, herein,after shall be referred to as my late client/friend. As it may interest you to know, I got your contact through the internet professional Data Base by divine inspiration as I was going through some directories.
I decided to contact you in order to champion a business of this magnitude without any problem. On the 21st of April 2002, my client,his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode Expressway while arriving from a holiday to Lome. All
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then, I have made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the funds valued at US$10.5m, (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge amount were deposited.
The said bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last/surnames, so that the proceeds of this account could be paid to you.
Therefore, I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. Moreso, I am fully involved in this deal(insider for you) and would follow up this deal till the success is achieved, all I require from you is your honest co-operation and to listen to my instructions/directives to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law. Please endeavour to answer the below questions:
1. Can you be trusted with this deal ?
2. Can you handle this deal ?
3. Can you sponsor this deal ?
4. What is my % ?
5. Can you travel in the course of this deal ?
Upon your acceptance to this proposal, I expect your urgent response indicating your full interest in this great business transaction to our both mutual trust. Please
endeavour to send me the below:
1. Your full
name:.......................................................
................
2.
Age:........................................................
...................................
3.
Profession:.................................................
..............................
4. Telephone
n°:.........................................................
..................
Wishes,
Barr. SOLOMON SHANGIRILA.
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