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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: "Tony Ike" <tonyike@barristertonyike.com>
Reply-To: tonyike@box.az
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:43:50 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY
URGENT REPLY
FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER TONY IKE
CHAMBER: V TONY IKE & ASSOCIATES
3 Allen Ave. Ikeja. Lagos - Nigeria
Direct E-mail: tonyike@box.az
Dear Sir Inez ,
INTRODUCTION: I am Barrister Tony Ike a Solicitor. I am the Personal
Attorney to MR. ADAMS national of your country, who used to work with
CADBURY NIGERIA LIMITED, On the 21st of April 2004, my client, his
wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu /
Lagos Express Road.
Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident, 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 trace his relatives over the Internet to
locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I
contacted you to assist in retrieving the money and property 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$10.5M (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United Stated Dollars).
Conseqently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the 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 at
US$10.5MD can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.
50% to me and 40% to you,while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your
government may
require. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
any
claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation 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 law. Please direct your reply
through this alternative mailbox if you are intreseted to enable us discuss
further.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Tony Ike (Esq.).
N.B. Please indicate your contact address, telephone, fax numbers for easy
communication in this mutual transaction.
Direct E-mail: tonyike@box.az
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