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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: "Barriste John Uba" <joh_uba@mail2senegal.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: john_uba@mail2senegal.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:05:16 +0000
Subject: reply soon!!!
My Dear,
I know this email will reach you as a surprise, but need not to worry as I am using the only secured and confidential medium available to seek for foreign assistance in a business. This business request may seem strange, but I crave your indulgence and pray you view it seriously as I am convinced that you would be capable to provide me with a solution to a money transfer. I am Barriste John Uba a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr Patrick a national of your country, who used to work with Shell Development
Company in Senegal. Here in after shall be referred to as my client. and his wife and their only son were involved died in the plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egypt air Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the website below: http://www.marsearthconnection.com/ea990.html,
Since then 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 track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the Assets and Capital valued at US$6.5million left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this huge deposits were lodged. In Europe The said Security Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. According to the law, at the expiration of (ten) years, the money will be confiscated if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus; 30% for you as our foreign partner, 60 % will be for us the officials and 10 % for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by us and you during the course of this business. Upon the successful completion of this transaction, I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr Patrick so that the fruit of this old man's labour will not be in vein,
All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through this
email:john@mail2senegal.com
Best regards,
Barriste John Uba
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