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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: "kuta ibrahim" <kutaibrahim_203@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibrahimkuta_202@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:34:44 +0000
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION
FROM: IBRAHIM KUTA
IBRAHIM KUTA & ASSOCIATES
#71 DAVEGO AVENUE, LICESTER
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: ibrahimkuta2005@yahoo.com
TELEPHONE: +44 -7031844918
Date: 17th August, 2005.
Attention:
I am Barrister, Ibrahim Kuta a solicitor and the Personal Attorney to James
barber a national of your country, who own and operated an Oil Servicing
Company in Central African Republic (CAR). On the 26th of December 2003, my
client, his wife and two children were involved in a plane crash in Benin
West African Coast on their way to Beirut. See this website for
verification.
(http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html).
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, since
then I have made several inquires at your Embassy here to locate any of my
client relatives, this has proved unsuccessful, I took these steps to
satisfy my conscience be it that, late James told me in confidence that, he
was an Orphan with no living relation.
After these abortive attempts I decided to trace any of his relatives over
the Internet, but of no avail. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating
the money as properly left behind by my client before they get confiscated
or his bank account be declared unserviceable by his bankers particularly,
the bank where the deceased has an account valued at about $5 million
dollars. The bank has issued me a notice to provide them with my late
client’s Next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next
fourteen (14) banking 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 from the same country so that the proceeds of this account
valued $ 5 Million dollars can be paid to you. I propose that when the fund
(US$5 million) is eventually released to you, that is shall be disbursed in
the following order, 30% to me, 30% for you and 30% for the charity i.e.
motherless babies and churches while 10% shall be set aside to off-set any
tax as your government may demand.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim,
as they shall be obtained from the Federal High Court of the Central African
Republic (CAR) where I was before relocating my office to the United Kingdom
without contravening the Central African Republic (CAR) Laws. All I require
is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the Laws. Please gets in touch with me via
Email/telephone as stated above to enable us discuss further. Send me your
telephone and fax numbers too. I will give you further guidelines as soon as
I hear from you.
Yours’ Faithfully,
Barrister, Ibrahim Kuta
London - United Kingdom
Telephone: + 44 7031844918
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