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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: bright john <barristerbrightjohn101ng@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:05:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good Faith
Dear Sir/Madam.
I am Barrister Bright John. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Adams Freeman who worked with Multinational company in Nigeria On the 21st of April 1999, my client,his wifa And their three children were involved in a car accidentalong Sagamu / Lagos Express Road.Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident, Sincethen I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the internet to locate any me mber of his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you.I contacted you to assist in repartrating get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly,the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $10million U.S dollars(Ten million dollars).
Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
since I have been unsuccesfull in loca ting the the relatives for over 2 years now.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased sinceyou are from the same coun try so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10million U.S dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 55% to me an d 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangementthat willprotect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further. Moreso,I will appreciate if you indicate your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication in this mutualtransaction.You can reach me on my
E-mail;bright2004ng@sify.com
Yours Faithfully
Bright John,LLB
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