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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: pauluyi2006@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:19:30 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY=20NEEDED?=
From Barrister PAUL UYI ,
Email Contact Address;
paul_uyi2005@yahoo.co.in
Dear Sir/madam
I am Barrister PAUL UYI, an advocate and i am the personal attorney to Dr.John
William a foreigner, who used to work with shell Development Company in
Nigeria. On The 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their two children
were involved in a car accident along Shagamu Express Road. All occupants
of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy to see if i can
locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has all the while proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace
his relatives (i.e. same surname) over the Internet, to locate any member
of his family but of to no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted
you to assist in accomodating the money left behind by my client before
it is confiscated or declared dormant by the bank where this huge deposit
were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
$15.3million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to
the deceased or have the account confiscated within the next ten official
working days.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you are still a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued
at $15.3 million USD can be paid to you and then you and me can share the
money, 60% for me and 35% for you, while the remaining 5% will be used to
defray all expenses incurred during the course of this transaction such
like telephone bills, vats and taxes as your government may require. I
have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this
claim. All I require is your honesty, mutual understanding and co-operation
to enable us actualize this lucrative deal which is a golden opportunity
for us to make wealth.
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
by my email as indicate above. Finally i need your private telephone & fax
numbers for easy communication in return and most important, Your receiving
banking informations where the fund will be transfered into.
Best Regards,
Barrister PAUL UYI,
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