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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: "Mr Ben Eso" <igeobi2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrben@88.am
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:08:33 +0100
Subject: congratulation
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise,since I am Barrister
Eso Ben contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition below, which
will be of mutual benefit to us both. PROPOSITION A salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez
Videurre, 66 years of age and a very prosperous farmer made a huge bank
deposit for investment in the sum of US$21.2 Million (Twntyone.two Million,
United States Dollars)he named his wife Mrs. Helga Videurre as the NEXT OF
KIN .
I was called upon as an Accredited Attorney to the bank to sign and endorse
documents to this deposit on Mr. Videurre?s behalf.Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs.
Videurre were killed in the January 14, earthquake that rocked El Salvador
,killing thousands of people and 1200 others were declared missing. The bank
management now mandates me (being the lawyer that signed and endorsed the
deposit papers for the deceased to trace the family relatives of the
deceased so that the fund will be released to them.
I was made to understand that they had no children.I made several efforts
through the El Salvador High Commission in Lagos to contact any of the
deceased family relatives, but to no avail.Failure to reach any of the
family relatives of the deceased , the only option left for the Bank?s
Management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the fund on
trading and investment in the interest of the bank.In order to avoid this
development since it has so farbeen impossible to trace any of the deceased
family relatives.
I now seek your permission and assistance to have you stand as a distant
relatives to the deceased. So that the fund can be released to you and we
can use it for our mutual benefit. I hope you do understand my concern in
this matteris, that if we do not use this opportunity to claim this fund ,
since the deceased relatives cannot be traced,the management of the bank
will declare the deceased?s account dormant and revert the fund on Trading
and Investment in the interest of the bank.For your assistance, you will be
compensated adequately with(40%) of the total sum (55%) will be my own share
while (5%) will be set aside to coverany incidental expense made both at
home and abroad prior to this transaction.If you are interested in assisting
me with this matter, please send to me urgently via my EMAIL the following
details below:
*Full name, Company or Private Address *Telephone and Fax number(s). Upon
receiving the above details from you, I willwork out every documents/proof
representing you as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant relative and when this is
done, you will be contacted by the bank for the release and collection of
this fund, which willbe within one week of my receiving the above
detailsfrom you .I will meet with you in your country for disbursement after
the fund might have been released to you and also to discuss investment
potentials as I will like to invest in your country with your assistance.Be
assured that this transaction is 100% risk free,asI have taken care of all
necessary modalities to enable a hitch free transaction.Kindly ensure to
treat this matter in strict privacy(Highly Confidential).
yours sincerely
Barrister Eso Ben
MY PRIAVET Email ADDRESS=mrben1@88.am
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