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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Raymond Ubah" <rayubah@strompost.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rayubay@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:30:54 -0800
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
24 RIVER LANE GOVERNMENT
RESERVED AREA,ABUJA.
ATTENTION PLEASE! STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL!
DEAR SIR,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I GUESS MY LETTER WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU, SINCE
I HAVE NO PREVIOUS ORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU.
I STRONGLY BELIEVED, I WOULD NOT REGRET APPROACHING YOU IN THIS MATTER.
I AM MR.RAYMOND UBAH,A SOLICITOR AT LAW AND THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO
LATE MR. MARK MICHELLE, A FRENCH NATIONAL. LATE MR.MARK MICHELLE IS A
PRIVATE OIL CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT
IN SAUDI ARABIA,HEREIN AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT.
I HAVE AVERY URGENT AND MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TO PROPOSE TO YOU. ON THURSDAY JUNE 6TH 2000, MY CLIENT AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO CLASH, ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES. SINCE THEN, I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES WITH HIS COUNTRY’S EMBASSIES TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIVES, THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.
AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO PERSONALLY
CONTACT YOU WITH THIS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL.
I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED
UNSERVICEABLE BY THE FINANCE AND SECURITY COMPANY WHERE THESE HUGE
DEPOSIT WAS LODGED.
THE DECEASED HAD A DEPOSIT VALUED PRESENTLY AT $12,000,000.00 MILLION
US DOLLARS (TWELVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) AND HIS COMPANY
HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE HIS NEXT OF KIN OR BENEFICIARY BY
WILL OTHERWISE HAVE THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED WITHIN THE NEXT THIRTY WORKING DAYS.
HAVING BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING ANY OF MY LATE CLIENT RELATIVES FOR OVER TWO (2) YEARS NOW. I AM NOW SEEKING YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN/BENEFICIARY TO THE DECEASED SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT $ 12 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE A BLOOD RELATION TO LATE MR. MARK MICHELLE,
NEITHER IS IT NECESSARY TO BEAR THE SAME SURNAME WITH HIM.
IT IS EVEN NOT IMPORTANT FOR THE STAND-IN NEXT OF KIN TO BE A FRENCH
NATIONAL.
ALREADY,I HAVE WORKED OUT MODALITIES FOR ACHIEVING MY AIM OF APPOINTING
A NEXT OF KIN AS WELL AS TRANSFER THE MONEY ABROAD FOR US TO SHARE IN THE RATIO OF 60% FOR ME AND 40% TO YOU.
IT IS MY INTENTION TO ACHIEVE THIS TRANSFER IN A LEGITIMATE WAY,
ALL I REQUIRED IS YOUR HONEST, CO-OPERATION, CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST
TO ENABLE US SEE THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH.
THE MONEY TRANSFER PAPER WORK ITSELF WILL INCLUDE A CERTIFICATE OF
ORIGIN SO THAT THE RECEIVING BANK DOES NOT ASK QUESTION.
ALSO THE PAPER WORK WILL INCLUDE PROPER CERTIFICATE THAT
THE FUND BEING TRANSFERRED IS FROM NON-CRIMINAL SOURCES.
IN SHORT THIS WILL BE A PROPER AND LEGAL MONEY TRANSFER WITH APPARENTLY
NO RISK INVOLVED. THE TRANSACTION IS GUARANTEED TO SUCCEED WITHOUT ANY
PROBLEM. AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I SHALL PROVIDE YOU WITH FURTHER CLARIFICATION THAT YOU MAY NEED. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND APPRECIATED.
BEST WISHES,
MR.RAYMOND UBAH.
NOTE: IN THE EVENT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST,KINDLY NOTIFY ME
TO PREVENT ME FROM MAKING FURTHER CONTACT.
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