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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 SMITH" <tony_smith2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smithbruce@sify.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:37:57 +0000
Subject: reach me.
PERSONAL ASSISTANT
AFRICAN PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY IN NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
I know you will be so surprise to read this from me having not see/met me
before i made up my mind to contact you, after concluding that there is no
other way to reach you as i got your contact from web site/business
directory at the chambers of commerce and industry office. I am
Mr.Smith.O.Bruce a Liberian by Birth; I am the Personal Assistant to late
Mr.Wright Rutledge a foreigner (American), who was a contractor to African
Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria. On the 31st October, 1999, Mr
Wright Rutledge and his wife Barbara were involved in a fire accident right
in their resident very painful, may their souls rest in peace.
So unfortunately they both lost their lives, since then I have made several
enquiries to the American Embassy here and the home address he filled in his
file to locate any of his extended relatives are not valid. Since I have
never been to the U.S, everything has proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to use the Internet to
locate any member of his family, but to no avail, hence I contacted you. I
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by Mr. Wright
Rutledge before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank
where this huge money is deposited the FINANCE HOUSE where the deceased had
an account valued at about US$15.5M (fifteen million, five hundred thousand
dollars).
Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next-of- kin which
was his wife or have the account confiscated according to the law. Since I
have not been able to locate any of his relatives for over 3 years now, I
seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased since
you are also a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$15.5M can be paid to you and I.
We shall share the money thus: 60% to me and 30% to you, while 10% will be
used to re-imburse any expenses that might be incurred on both ends and to
service the Tax that might be incurred in your country. I have all the
necessary legal documents that will be adjusted to favor you and to back up
any claim we may make.
All I Require is your honest cooperation 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 the law.
You are advice to send:
1.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
2.YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.
3.YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.
4.YOUR COMPANY NAME/ADDRESS.
Best regard,
Personal Assistant.
MR SMITH BRUCE.
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