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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: "tony kuno" <tonykuno113@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tonykuno112@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:02:40 -0700
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU!!!
I am Barrister Tony Kuno, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr George Cole , a
Nationale of your country who worked in Nigeria and he is known and referred to as my Client. On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and their three
children were involved in a car accident on a summer
holiday along High Road Kano/Abuja Express way, Nigeria.
Unfortunately all the entire family lost their lives
in the tragedy. Since then, I have made several
enquires to his embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives but all my efforts proved
unsuccessful and to no avail.
After these unsuccessful attempts failed, I decided to contact you.
Now my contacts to you is to assist me in repatriating his money which is been lodged in a security/courier company in a trunk box in Nigeria and, before the money in the box will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the security/courier company where he deposit this money valued about $16,500,000 ( Sixteen Million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) More importantly, the security/courier company where the deceased client deposited these huge sums of money has served me a write of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my client or the box(money) will be
confiscated.
Since I have tried and failed on several occasions in
locating his relatives I am now seeking for your
consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased since you bear the same surname so that the
money will be paid to you while I will come over to
your country for the sharing. I will take 45% while
you will take 45%.and 5% will be for expenses incurred during the transaction and the remaining 5% will go to any charity organization of our choice.
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 and I from any breach of the law.
Finally, if this business interest you, please get in
touch with me immediately via my private email address for security reasons; (tonykuno112@yahoo.com )as i will welcome messages that come only from my private email address.
Also indicate to me your contact phone and fax numbers to enable me call you immediately for more
information.
I await your urgent response to this message.
Yours sincerely,
Barrister Tony Kuno
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