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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: "Mr Fredrick C. Imoh" <fredchend_imoh@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fredchend_imoh@latinmail.com
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:10:54 +0000
Subject: ( )
Fredrick Chendoh Imoh & Co,
Rue Portin X Blaize Diagne
St. Louis Senegal
Email:fredchend_imoh@latinmail.com
Date:29th Nov,2004.
Attention: The President/CEO.
I am barrister Fredrick Chendoh Imoh (Esq.), an English speaking
Senegalese Solicitor & Financial Attorney/
Consultant. I was the personal attorney to late George Klaus who was an
expatriate mining
consultant/contractor with Teaser Petroleum Corporation in St
Louis-Senegal. Mr. Daniel Thorp
here-in-after referred as my client was also a Diamond/Gold Merchant.
Mr. George Klaus made a numbered time (Fixed) deposit for a substantial
amount in a bank in Dakar, capital
of Senegal with standing statement/agreement with the bank that all
correspondences in respect to the fixed
deposit contract must be sent to him through my humble chambers. Upon
maturity, the routine notification was
sent to me which I dispatched to his forwarding address as usual
without no reply. After a month, I sent a
reminder which I received from the bank without any reply again.
Finally, I discovered from my client contract employers- Teaser
Petroleum Corporation that
he died among many others in the Kenya Airways flight of 31st January,
2000 that crashed into the Atlantic
Ocean in Abidjan, Cote Dvoire. On further investigations, I found out
that he died without
making any WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I also discovered that Mr. George Klaus did not declare any kin or
relations in all his
official documents, including his fixed deposit contract with the bank
in Dakar-Senegal.
I am contacting you based on the official letter I just received from
his bankers reminding me that
Senegalese law states that at the expiration of 5 (five) years the
money will revert to the ownership of
the Senegalese Government if I do not confirm the next of kin to claim
the fund. Consequently, my proposal is
that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to
Mr. George Klaus so that the fruits of
this old man labor will not go into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. Note that this
transaction is simple and risk free because I will provide expert legal
services that will guarantee the
successful execution of this deal. I wish to point out that after the
claims, I would want 20% of this money
to be shared among charity organizations, while the remaining 80% is
shared equally between us. Most
importantly, I would also require your assistance towards investing my
share in your country or anywhere
as you may advice. If you are interested, please contact me via my
email address :fredchend_imoh@latinmail.com.
Upon your response, I shall provide you with more details and how we
shall proceed
with the claims. I expect you to observe utmost confidentiality and be
rest assured that this
transaction would be profitable for both of us.
Awaiting your urgent reply
Thanks & Regards
Barrister Fredrick C. Imoh(&co.)
fredchend_imoh@latinmail.com
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