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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: "ALBERT AYODELE" <albert_ayo11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: albert_ayo5@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 07:58:14 +0000
Subject: DETAILS GET BACK TO ME
KOLOMA CHAMBERS
{Solicitor & Advocate}
124 Nnamdi Azikiwe Street,
Balogun Lagos Nigeria.
phone 234-8030499209
Dear Sir,
I am Barr. Albert Ayodele (Esq) personal attorney to Engr.Mark
Cunninngham,a national of your country, who worked with Zenon Oil
Company here in Nigeria here in after,shall be referred to as my client.My
client with his entire family (The wife and Children) were among the victims
of an explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, that happened on January 27,2002 which,
claimed many lives and property. See the 2 website of the bomb explosion
below:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm
I have made several inquiries to your embassy after his internment to
locate any of his extended relatives, but all this has proved
unsuccessful. Consequently, I decided to track you over the Internet, to
assiste me
to get this money out from the company My purpose of contacting you is to
assist in repatriating the deposited fund of US$13, Million USD that was
lodged
in by my late client in a Finance Company when he was alive. The
repatriation
is as a result of a fourteen days notice (ultimatum) that has been issued
to me by the Finance company requesting me to present to them a next of kin
to my late client so that the fund would be repatriated to him/her.
Failure to do that after the expiration of the ultimatum will result in
the confiscation and freezing of the account by the finance company. For
the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2
years plus now, I now seek your consent to present you as the next kin
to the deceased since you have the same last name with my client, so that
the fund would be transferred to you. Therefore, on receipt of your
positive response, I shall officially present you to the finance company as
the
next of kin to the inheritance so that they will commence the processing of
your fund transfer. I need your assistance and co-operation to get this deal
done. Because as a foreigner,you stand a better position to be
presented through documentation as the next of kin/Partner since the
deceased is
also a foreigner,this is the reason why I could not do this deal alone as a
Nigerian and a Blackman as well. I will not fail to inform you that
this transaction is 100% risk free.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction,you will be entitled to 35% of
the total sum as gratification,while 5% will be set aside to take care
of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills, while 60% will be for me.and Please you have been advised to
keep this"Top Secret"as we are still in service and intend to retire from
service after we conclude thisdealwith you,
Moreover, I would want you to feed me with the following details:
Your Full name:
Age:
Sex:
Phone Number and Fax if any:
Occupation:
Furthermore, what I require from you is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this transactions through. I guarantee that this will be
executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please reply me as soon as possible for us to start this transaction in
earnest.
Yours faithfully,
BARRISTER ALBERT AYODELE
KOLOMA CHAMBERS
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