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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: "Martin Udo" <mrmatinudo@mrmatinudo.com>
Reply-To: eng_martinudo@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 15:11:48 +0000
Subject: ATTN:(DO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL)
Martin Udo and Co,
Legal Practitioner and solicitors
# 11 Kenneth Philips Layout,
Plot 954A, Idejo Street
off Adeola Odeku Street
Victoria IslandLagos
P.O. Box 56106, Falomo,
Lagos.
Regarding My Dear Friend,
I crave your indulgence for this unsolicited nature it was out of
desperation and eagerness that made me to contact you. to introduce
myself,I am Barrister Martin Udo,a solicitor at law.
As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information after
a conscious search for a reliable and matured person who has all it takes
to execute this project.
I was elated when i saw your address, and i picked a keen interest with
confidence to solicit for your help in executing this opportunity.
However, I was moved to contact you based on the present situation of
this opportunity which i may say that it is a God given offer, there
was a foreigner who lived here in NIGERIA some time ago called
Arthur Billings by name, and it happened that the man registered with
me as his personal attorney, unfortunately the man died with his wife
and their two kids in a plane crash which happened on 30th October,
2003. Owing to the death of this man called Arthur Billings by
name, his bank called on me for his balance with the bank as his
attorney since January 2000,to invite his relatives to come and claim
the money, I tried all i could to trace his family, but all my efforts
proved abortive, then from January this year 2003,till now, the bank
has been pressurizing me to look for his family because they realize
that a lot of swindlers have been forwarding application to claim the
money as his next of kin, but it happened that after much
verification, they will find out that those people were crooks, because
they cannot provide a legal evidence to prove that they were his
relative.
Moreover, I have decided to use you as his next of kin to
claim the money for my own personal use as it happen that his
relatives were not available up till now, and i have all his
documented memo in my file which will back you up before the bank as
his next of kin, I will still obtain a genuine legal evidence which i
will make out in your name to satisfy that you are the rightful next
of kin to the deceased.
Furthermore ,the amount involved is ($12.750,000.00)Twelve
Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars, therefore i will like you to furnish me with your full name
and address which i will use to secure the legal documents, as soon as
i receive your address, I will forward an application to you which you
will submit to the concerned bank as his next of kin.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us
see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Please send in
your full name and your phone no. as soon as you show
keen interest.
Be rest assured that their is no risk involved as i have perfected and
made the necessary arrangements to back you up in claiming the fund.
Finally, you have to maintain the high secret this business demands as the
bank does not know that i am using you to claim the money on my own, besides
Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my client , I seek your
prompt consent to present you as the next of kin of the client so that
the proceeds of this account valued ($12.750,000.00)Twelve Million, Seven
Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars can be paid to your account
and
then you and I can share the money according to any agreed ratio.
Therefore you can now forward your address and your full name, and i
will furnish you with the application as soon as you reply this mail.
Thanks as i await your reply.
Best Regards,
Martin Udo Esq.
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