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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: richardwilliams2006@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:31:58 +0100
Subject: how are you today my dear?
FROM THE DESK OF
BARRISTER RICHARD WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS & Associates
No. 18 ALLAN AVE IKEJA LAGOS .
Alternative contact barristerwilliams21@yahoo.com
my Dear
I am Barrister Richard Williams a solicitor at law.The personal attorney
to a late Mark ,foriegn expatriate who hails from your country and shares
the same last name with you.I wish to bring to your hearing a business proposition,
which is by nature strictly confidential, and i beg your pardon to accept
my unsolicited email to you, I will like to seek your help in which I know
that a deal of this magnitude will make anyone worried and apprehensive but
I am assuring you not to be afraid, as all will be well at the end of this
endeavor.
This is a genuine transaction and is 100% risk free. All I'm demanding from
you is your honest co-operation to enable us achieve our goal, and not a
perfidious person. On the 6th of May, 2002 it was reported to us that my
Client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a Local Plane Crash
at Kano State,enroute Abuja (The Capital City) all occupants in the Plane
lost their lives,unfortunately on this same flight were other dignitaries
like the Sports Minister and a host of others. The following websites could
be referenced:
http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/05/06/stories/20020506004515
00.ht=m
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm
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 contacted you to assist in claiming this fund from the Bank where he deposited
it before his untimely death.The Bank where the deceased had an account
valued at about USD$10. million dollars has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten official
working days.
Since I have been unsuccesfull 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 have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued
at USD$10. million dollars can be paid to you as the next of kin to him .
All I need is your full maximum suport and cooperation to enable us achieve
this transaction within 10 working days and I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law.
If you are interested in this transaction, kindly furnish me with your full
name, address, private telephone and fax numbers to enable us commence all
the legal documents immediately,also email me on my Alternative Email barristerwilliams21@yahoo.com
Best regards,
Barrister Richard Williams
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