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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: "Akintola Williams" <clientservice@wchambers.com>
Reply-To: akinwilliams1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:50:31 +0000
Subject: Compliments
AKINTOLA WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATE
ATTORNEY AT LAW 14 WILLIAMS STREET
IKOYI- LAGOS-NIGERIA
PHONE/FAX:-+234-1-7598558
Dear,
I was privileged to capture your names from the Internet. My name is
AKINTOLA WILLIAMS a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to late Mr.
Richard, who died along with his wife and his two sons in a ghastly motor
accident along Sagamu express road Ibadan, over 6 years now August 13, 1999.
All the occupants in the vehicle lost their lives. I am convinced that it
was the grace of God that made me to locate you. My client was a successful
and is accomplished family man, who made enough fortune before his untimely
death.
Since then I had made several inquiries through your Embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.
After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
through the Internet, to locate any member of his family not much progress
was recorded my late client was an influential wealthy businessman, an oil
magnet here in Nigeria and he left behind a deposit of Twenty five Million
five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only US$25, 5OO, OOO.OO in his
domiciliary bank account in ECO BANK PLC here in Nigeria After the death of
my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorney to provide his next of
kin who should inherit his fortune.
The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated
to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working
days or forfeit the money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers
had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate
the funds after the expiration of the period given to me. Despairing at the
point of exhaustiveness, fortunately, I came across your name, to my utmost
amazement, I discovered that you bear the same surname with my late client
and coincidentally, you are nationals of the same country.
I am convinced that you may be linked with my late client or that you might
provide clue to my search, I therefore, decided to contact with these facts
before me because of the similarities. By virtue of my closeness to the
deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client
financial standing and the bank account he operates.
I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to
present you as the next of kin of my deceased client, so that you can be
paid the funds left in his bank account. Hence I contacted you. I seek your
consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since you are at
an advantage, so that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at US$25.5m
Million Dollars can be paid to you. We shall both share the funds. 55% to
me and 40% to you, while 5%
should be for Expenses or Tax as your Government may require, I shall
assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up our
claim.
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 in
touch with me by email to enable us discuss
further.
Regards
AKINTOLA WILLIAMS (ESQ)
[SAN]
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