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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: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Akachi=20Obi,=20Esq.?=" <akachi_obi080@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: akachiobi@keromail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:38:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Consent Please
Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: akachi_obi080@yahoo.de
Hello
I am Barr.Akachi Obi An Attorney-at-Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
I am the personal Attorney to Engr.Thomas Suchet, an American by Birth,who used to work with Shell Development Company in Nigeria.Here in after shall be referred t o as my Client. On the 21st of April 2003 my client, his wife and their three Children were involved in a fatal car Accident along Warri-Delta Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several inquires to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
Name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you. I have contacted 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 these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased had an account
valued at about (US$16.5m) Sixteen Million Five Hundred United States Dollars.
The Bank Has issued me a notice t o provide the Next of Kin or have the Account confiscated within the next 21 working days. Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 8 months now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so That the proceeds of this account valued at (US$16.5M) Sixteen Million Five Hundred United States Dollars.
This Money can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money,
all Necessary legal documents will be in place that can be used to back up any Claim we may make. All I require is your honest Cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. once I have your
consent and trust then we can proceed immediately.
Yours Truly,
Akachi Obi,Esq.
- Akachi Obi, Esq.
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