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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: "daneil briggs" <barr_daneilbriggs@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:16:16 +0000
Subject: GOOD-DAY.
EQUITY CHARMBER OF
LEGAL PRACTITIONAL
SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATE.
PHONE<> 234-803-399-8612
alt<>barr_daneilbriggs@yahoo.co.uk
GOOD-DAY.
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a
surprise, since we have not met, permit me however,
I am BARRISTER DANEIL BRIGGS I am contacting you to
kindly assist me in the Project below, which will be of
mutual benefit to us both.
A salvadorean, Mr. Remirez Lundy , 66 years of age
and a very prosperous farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in the
sum of US$17.5 Million (Seventeen Million, Five hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)
he named his wife Mrs. Helga Lundy 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. Lundy's behalf.
Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Lundy 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
far been 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 matter,
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 cover
any 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 will
work 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 will
be within one week of my receiving the above details
from 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,
as I 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 DANEIL BRIGGS.
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