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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: "Maxwell Obah" <maxwell196911@msn.com>
Reply-To: maxwellobah@bk.ru
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:28:44 +0000
Subject: thanks God i was able to locate you
SOLICITOR AT LAW / LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE
43 okota road isolo,Lagos State
email:maxwellobah@mail.ru
Dear friend,
I hope this e-mail wouldn't come to you as a surprise.Having gone through
your profile, I am convinced and pleased to solicit your sincereand urgent
assistance over this matter.
I am Barrister Maxwell Obah Esq, an Attorney Late Mr Blair who is a
contractor with the Lagos State Government of Nigeria. My Late client was
awarded a contract worth of Twenty-Five Million United States Dollars
(25,000,000:00 USD) by the Lagos state Government of Nigeria for the
maintenance and construction of roads in the states in 1999 and the contract
was fully executed and long been commissioned. My client was paid upfront
the amount of us$9.8 million(Nine Million Eight hundred United States
Dollars) from the contract and he was to receive the balance payment but
unfortunately On 30 JAN 2000, my client, his wife, and their three children
were involved in plan crash which departed from Nairobi to destination
Lagos and all the family died in this fatal plan crash on 30 JAN 2000.
Since then I have made several inquiries to his embassy to locate any of my
clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.inview of this
please refer to
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/629016.stm>Already the CONTRACT
PAYMENT OFFICE under the Lagos State Government has contacted me that the
balance payment of US$15,200,000.00 ( Fifteen Million, two hundred thousand
united state dollars) has been approved and is ready for collection. I am
therefore asked to present the beneficiary/next of
kin for the claim of the money.
After I have severally made unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
last name over the Internet to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you since your namre and e-mail profile and late Mr. Bair falls in
thesame group. I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the
proceeds of this contract valued at ($15 million US Dollars) can be paid to
into your account as the next of kin to late blair of you now becoming the
beneficiary of the us$15.2 million.
I am willing to give you 40% of the fund as a reward for your assistance in
this transaction and all the expenses made in the process of this claim
would be reimbursed before sharing. An attorney will be contracted to help
us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be
used to back up any claim we may undertake. The Attorney will prepare all
legal documents in your name as the successor /next of kin from our Federal
High Court to back up the claim on your behalf. All I require is your honest
co-operation and I guarantee you that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach
of the law. I will request you to respond to my alternative mail address
(maxwellobah@mail.ru).so send me your contact address and also your
private telephone and fax numbers for quick communication. I look
forward to your swift response.
Regards,
Barrister Maxwell Obah Esq.
Legal Practitioner
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