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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: "Akin Delawe" <akin@delawe.com>
Reply-To: akinlawe@freemail.et
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 04:41:53 +0000
Subject: NEXT OF KIN
Dear Sir,
I am Mr.Akin Delawe, a lawyer by profession. I was the
personal attorney to Mr.Edward Genereaux, a foreign
national who worked as a petrochemical consultant to
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other
oil companies and government Agencies.
On the 21st of August 2002, my client, his wife and
their three children were involved in a car accident
along Sagbama Express road here in Nigeria.
Unfortunately the entire family lost their lives in
the accident. Since then, I have made several enquires
to locate any of my clients' extended relatives but
all my efforts was unsuccesful. After these
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contacted you.
Now my contact to you is to assist me in REPATRIATING
THE MONEY IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT HERE to your country.The
money will be declared unserviceable by the bank if no
one lays claim to it as his next of Kin.The money is
valued at $14.3 million.Consequently, the bank
(Citi Trust Bank of Nigeria Plc.) has served me a
writ of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my
client, or the account will be confiscated.
Since I have tried and failed on several attempts in
locating his relatives, I am now seeking your consent
to present you as the Next of Kin to the deceased, so
that the money will be paid to you.Thereafter, I will
come over to your country for the sharing. I propose
to take 60% while you will take 35%, and 5% will be
used to pay back all expenses we may incur in the
course of processing the release of the money. I shall
prpcess all the relevant legal documents to be used to
back up the claim. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.
If this is interests you,please send your full
names,address,telephone and fax numbers to enable me
commence with the processing.No hurt is intended
against you.
I look forward to your response,send your response to my alternate mail box
akinlawe@msn.com
Yours sincerely,
Akin Delawe
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