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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: Lars Hougbenji <larshougbenji@ymail.com>
Reply-To: mr.larshougbenji@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:20:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello,Bais Martin
Hello=20
Dear Martin=20
I'm Lars Hougbenji,personal lawyer=A0 to one Mr.Wolfgang Martin ,a national=
of your country who used=20
to work as the Director of Texaco Oil Company in Cotonou the Republic of Be=
nin=20
Africa,here in after shall be Referred to as my Client, Mr. Wolfgang=A0was =
involve=20
in Dec. 25 , 2003, chartered Boeing 727 jet bound for
Beirut,=20
Lebanon, that crashed after hitting a building on takeoff, killing=20
at least 140 people including Mr. Wolfgang and his entire family as the whe=
re=20
heading to Beirut for Holidays. After his death , I=20
discovered a contract file that
was Executed by his company (Wolfgang=20
Construction Company S.A ), this contract was executed between April 2002 t=
o=20
November 2003, the contract worth heavy amount of money, more than 10 Mln U=
. S=20
..D was awarded to Wolfgang Construction Company by the Benin Ministry of Pu=
blic=20
Works and Transport, for the construction of Cotonou/Porto-Novo express roa=
d,=20
after due investigation through the file, I discovered that Mr.=20
Wolfgang=A0completed the contract on November 2003 and was not paid before =
his=20
sudden death,
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to=20
locate any of my clients extended relatives but all efforts was just in=20
vain.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track His last=20
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his Family hence I contacte=
d=20
you. I have
contacted you to assist in Repatriating this money from the Benin=20
Ministry of Works and Transport; before they cancel the dept as unclaimed=
=20
bill.
As the lawyer=A0 to Mr. Wolfgang, I received a letter from the=20
Ministry , they want me to provide the relative=A0 of=A0 Mr.Wolfgang=A0 or =
have the=20
account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in Locating the relativ=
es=20
for over three years.=20
Now I seek your consent to present you as a=20
relative of Mr. Wolfgang since you have The same last name so that the proc=
eeds=20
of this fund valued at more than 10=A0 Mln can be paid to you and then you =
and me=20
can Share the money 60% to me and 40% to you.
I have in my possition all=20
the legal contract documents that can be used to back up any claim we may m=
ake=20
..All I require is your honest cooperation to
enable us seeing this Deal=20
through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate=20
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, but you must =
also=20
agree not to disclose or pass any information related to this business to a=
ny=20
body for security reason and to avoid eye brow ,and the way we are going to=
=20
achieve this is I will
need the following information from you,Your Full Name=20
and Address,Your Age, Occupation and Position,Your Telephone Mobile and Fax=
=20
Number for Communication purpose. you can call me at=20
+=A0 (229) 97-494-064=20
,=20
I await your Call and reply ASAP
Best=20
Regards
Lars Hougbenji
=0A=0A=0A
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