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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: "Zenith Law Firm" <info@zenithlawfirm.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:34:15 +0000
Subject: Your Assistance Would Be Appreciated
THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS
ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PREVILEGED MATERIAL. ANY
REVIEW, RETRANSMISSION, DISEMINATION, OR OTHER USE OF OR TAKING OF ANY
ACTION IN RELIANCE UPON THIS INFORMATION BY PERSONS OR ENTITIES OTHER THAN
THE INTENDED RECIPIENT IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS IN ERROR,
PLEASE DELETE THE COPY. THANK YOU.
Dear Friend,
I sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy especially by
contacting you through this means. It is due to its seriousness and urgency
it therefore became necesary for me to seek your assistance.
I am Mr. Lari Williams, the personal lawyer to Late Mr. Gabriel Gibson, who
worked with an Oil Servicing Company. I am contacting you concerning my late
client and an investment he made. I would respectfully request that you keep
the contents of this mail confidential.
On Sunday 30 Jan 2000 my client passed away in an aircrash involving a Kenya
airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN. I refer you to this link for
further information regarding the crash:
http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2000/5y-n000130a/htm/5y-n000130a.html
Until his death, the deceases had a Fixed Deposit Account totalling USD $5.5
Million in a Security Company. Recently, the Security Company issued me a
notice to inform the deceased relative about this investment so that the
money would be given to them failure which the account would be
confisticated. But unfortunately I discovered that my late client did not
declare anybody as his next of kin. This discovery leaves me as the only
person with the full picture of what the prevailing situation is in relation
to the deposit my late client made. I have made several efforts to trace the
relatives of my late client and all my efforts yielded no positive result.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my late client.
My proposal, therefore, is to present you as the next of kin/relative of my
client because you are a foreigner. For the above reasons, you can easily
Act As my client's Next of Kin/Relative. I know you will be wondering how
possible this could be but I assure you that this is simple. I will like you
to provide immediately the following information:
Your full names.
Contact address.
Telephone/Fax Numbers.
I will include your name in the documents with me as this will prove that
the deceased had recognised you as his next of kin. This will enable you to
apply officially for the funds. I will get all the documents that would
legally confer on you the status to act as the Beneficiary of the Estate of
my late client after which the money would be transferred to you for us to
share in this formular: 50% for me, 40% for you and 10% would be used to
settle all expnses we might incur during the course of this transaction.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this through.
Everything would be done legally and my position as the deceased attorney
would add credence to the claim. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach
of the law.
If you are interested in doing this transaction with me kindly send your
reply.
Best Regards,
Lari Williams.
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