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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: "barrister frankleen" <barristerfrankleen1@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:42:32 +0000
Subject: URGENT!
! html>Dear Friend,
I am Charles Frankleen, an Account officer I am the personal accountant to Engr. Arthur Lakshmi, a national of your country who use to work with Shell development Company in Nigeria. Herein after shall be referred to as my client.
On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquires to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit is lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about 11.5 Million-Dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin so that we can share the money. 65% for me and 30% for you, while 5% will be used to offset all the expenses incurred in the course of this transaction including tax.
Therefore, if you are interested to execute this deal with me, kindly forward to me your private telephone/fax numbers to enable me submit them to the bank where my late client deposited his money.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Best regard,
Charles Frankleen
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