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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: "James nwakpa" <james_33nwakpa@msn.com>
Reply-To: james777nwakpa@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:00:45 +0000
Subject: NEXT OF KIN
Dear Friend,
I was privileged to capture your names from the Internet. My name is
BARRISTER JAMES NWAKPA, a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to
late Mr. David , a national of your country who perished in a plane crash of
31 october 1999 (with Egyptian Airline 990) with other passengers aboard as
you can confirm it your self through this website.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
I am convinced that it was the grace of God that made me to locate you. my
client was a successful and am 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 Fifteen Million United States Dollars Only ($15,000,000.00usd) in
his domiciliary bank account in a commercial bank here in Lagos. 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 adandoned 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. 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, bearing
the same surname and equally from the same country, so that the proceeds of
this Bank Account valued at $15 Million Dollars can be paid to you. we shall
both share the funds. 60% to me and 35% 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 see 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.
For privacy and confidentiality reply me using my email:
james__33nwakpa@yahoo.co.in
Best Regards
BARRISTER JAMES NWAKPA
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