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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: "dan umaru" <dan_umaru@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: danumaru24@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 04:28:31 +0000
Subject: please i await your response
From: Barrister Dan Umaru
Umaru Chambers,
16 Idowu Tailor,
Lagos Nigeria
EMAIL: danumaru24@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Sir,
I am Barrister Dan Umaru, an attorney; I am the personal Legal Adviser to
Mr. Simeon Sharma a national of your country, who used to work with Shell
Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2002, my client was
involved in an auto crash along Sagamu Express Road. He was among the
occupants of the vehicle that lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquires to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, but this has also proved unsuccessful, because
he did not marry, he had no wife before his death.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence
I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money
and property left behind by my client before they confiscate or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposit was lodged.
Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
Eleven Million Six Hundred United States Dollars (US$11,600.000) has issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated
within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 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 proceedsof this account
valued at $11,600.000 dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money, 56% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for expenses
or tax as any claim we may make
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.
Please get me replied also include your current telephone and fax numbers so
that we can discuss the way forward towards having the transaction realized.
Best Regards,
Barrister Dan Umaru
EMAIL; (danumaru24@yahoo.co.uk
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