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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: "philip williams" <williamschambers6114@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williamschambers6114@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:21:59 +0000
Subject: ACCEPT IN GOOD FAITH
WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES & CHAMBERS.
Solicitors & Advocates,
Lagos- Nigeria.
Tel:234-803-367-4680.
13-11-2005
Compliment.
Dear Friend,
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise, please accept the
content in good faith. I am convinced that it was the grace of God that made
me to locate you. I do not intend to cause any grief to you and your family.
The reason for sending this mail is very fundamental to the doctrine of
human privileges and right. My name is Barrister Philip Williams ,a legal
practitioner and the personal Attorney to late Mr. Raymond Beck who died in
an air crash along With his wife Mrs. Dorene Beck on the 31st October 1999
in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board (May their soul
rest in peace) You can confirm this from the website below which was
published by BBC.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm
My client was a successful and is an accomplished family man, who made
enough fortune before his untimely death. Since then I had made several
enquiries 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/any member of his family through
their Embassy but 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 United States Dollars
(US$25,000,000.00) 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 funds. 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. 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. I therefore seek your consent to present you as the Next
of Kin to the Deceased since you are at an advantage as from the same
country, that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at Twenty Five
Million United States Dollars can be paid to you.
I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back
up our claim. All I require is your honest Co-operation 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. The process to
this claim is stress free, as it requires little effort to conclude; By my
position I have the where withal to quietly transfer this fund to wherever
you have account after the initial claim application and documentation. I do
not want to use people I know to avoid them turning greedy and if I resist
their greed they may become dangerous that is why I opted for someone
strange whom I can make a friend for good.
We shall share this money 60% for me and 40% for you. If you agree to do
this deal with me please inform me via email or call me on my direct
Telephone No: 234-803-367-4680 but for confidentiality send mail to my email
address: (williamschambers6114@yahoo.com) I would also prefer if you can
invest my share in your company or in any other area you deem profitable. I
will give you detailed information as soon as you indicate your interest.
Please keep this very confidential even if you do not want to be part of it.
God bless you as you respect this principle.
I thank you in anticipation of your kind response.
Best Regards,
Barrister Philip Williams.
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