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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: "James Brian" <jamesbrian_147@msn.com>
Reply-To: godybrian_1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:36:17 +0000
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT
MICHAEL SMITH & ASSOCIATES
(LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
LONDON - UK
I was privileged to capture your names from the Internet. My name is Barr.
Michael Smith, a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to my late
client who died along with his wife and his Two sons and on Daughter in a
Ghastly motor accident over 3years now August 13, 2002. All the occupants in
the vehicle lost their lives. I am convinced that it was the grace of God
that made me to locate you. My client was a successful and is accomplished
family man, who made enough fortune before his untimely death.
Since then I had made several inquiries 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
through the Internet, to locate any member of his family not much progress
was recorded my late client was an influential wealthy businessman, an oil
magnet here in London and he left behind a deposit of
Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only US$10,2OO,OOO.OO
in his domiciliary bank account in CHANNELS INTERNATIONAL BANK here in
London- United Kingdom. After the death of my client his bankers contacted
me, as his Attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his
fortune.
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.
Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness, fortunately, I came across your
name, to my utmost amazement, I discovered that you bear the same surname
with my late client and coincidentally, you are nationals of the same
country
I am Convinced that you may be linked with my late client or that you might
provide clue to my search, I therefore, decided to contact with these facts
before me because of the similarities. By virtue of my closeness to the
deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client
financial standing and the bank account he operates.
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 hence I contacted you.
I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since
you are at an advantage, so that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at
US$10.2m
Million Dollars can be paid to you.
We shall both share the funds. 50% to me and 50% 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 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 law. Please get in
touch with me by email: to enable us discuss further.
Best Regards
Barr. Michael Smith
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