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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: aaconsult@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:44:10 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Notification........
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: amagada076@ymail.com
- Dear Friend,The compound components of this my letter to you concerns one of your relatives, who was running and owned a commercial gas company that supplies gas to companies and individuals within the West African States before his sudden death on the 25th December,2003 in Cotonou Benin Republic on board a chartered plane Union Transport Africaine boeing 727 bound for Beirut.Interestingly,this mentioned victim was my prime client, who had a cash deposit of US$14.5M with a bank here that runs international banking services including deposits trust and company management,a subsidiary of Ecowas Monetary Union (E.M.U.).And after his death i have made several enquiries and attempts as his private resident attorney to reach any of his relatives in this regards,but all to no avail.When I discovered that non of his relatives came for this funds, I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the family members nor relatives of the late person is aware of this deposit, i now resorted to looking for a foreigner who will present himself as the next of kin to this deposit preferrably a foreigner who bears thesame last name with him, you might not be his direct relative, but bearing thesame last name irrespective of your country of origin has given you a substantial grand to stand as the next of kin coupled with the vital information with me to back you up in this claims.Lest i forget, i am Albert Agada Esq of A & A Law Chambers Lome Togo,Solicitors,Advocates & Notary Public and Ecowas Certified/Accredited Attorney,the deceased was my prime customer before he died and i am presently in possession of his most related business documents.This transaction is going to be Bank to Bank transaction and it is neccessary that a fresh foreign Account is established for this reason to avoid conflict between I and you and to prove my utmost honesty and sincerity,this is where this fund shall be transfered into before disbursment and sharing between both of us.I expect your urgent response to confirm your capability of handling this with me. Regards, Albert M.Agada Esq.
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