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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "douglas ewere" <barrister_ewere_chambers@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:34:29 +0000
Subject: From. Barrister Douglas Ewere
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Douglas Ewere (Esq). I am the Personal Attorney to
Mr Adams ,a national of your country,who used to work with Chevron
Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria(CPDC).
On the 21st of April 1999,my client,his wife And their three children
were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.
Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident,
Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you. I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about $10 Million U.S Dollars(Ten Million Dollars).
Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next ten official workingdays.
since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over 2
years now.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of
this account valued at $10 Million U.S Dollars can be paid to you and
then you and me can share the money. 65% to me and 30% to you,while 5%
should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I have
all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may
make.
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 the law. Please
get in touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Douglas Ewere (Esq)
EMAIL.barrister_douglasewere_chambers@yahoo.co.uk
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