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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: "Barrister David Abbey." <daviabbey@fastermail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: daviabbey@outgun.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:00:42 +0200
Subject: Personal Letter.
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister David Abbey , the Personal Attorney to a Foreign Contractor, who worked with a Multinational Oil Firm in Benin, My Client, Late Mr. Morris Thompsonan American and great industrialist and a resident of Alaska , an oil Merchant / Contractor with the Government of Benin Rep, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crahsed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.
visiting this site
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/and
http://www.alaskaair.com/E_latest.asp
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Since then I have made several inquiries to Several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, I have contacted you to assist me in
repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$9.Million
has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for some years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$9.Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 70% to me and 25% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your Government
may require. All I require is your honest and 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 branch of the law.
Please get in touch with me via email as soon as you get this mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and process for success of this transaction.
I will equally want you to send the following information to enable me move ahead for the transfer in your name.
1, Your Full Name
2, Your contact address
3. Your private fax and telephone number.
4, The name and address of bank you wish we will use to receive the fund successfully.
5, The account information for urgent transfer.
PLease do reply .
I await your kind response, Good day and God bless.
Regards,
Barrister David Abbey
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