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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: "John Azibah" <jjazibah@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:00:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: HELLO FRIEND!
DEAR FRIEND,
HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR FAMILY,JOB AND LIFE IN GENERAL?
MY NAME IS BARRISTER JOHN AZIBAH OF JAZIBAH&ASSOCIATES,A LAW FIRM BASED HERE IN LAGOS-NIGERIA.I AM OBLIGED TO WRITE YOU THIS URGENT MESSAGE IN TRUST AND CONFIDENCE,TO SEEK YOUR HONEST AND SINCERE PARTNERSHIP IN AN URGENT PROJECT THAT NEEDS QUICK ATTENTION.
RECENTLY, I RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL BANKS HERE.THIS MESSAGE IS WITH REGARDS TO A LATE CLIENT OF MINE IN THE NAME OF ENGR.GEORGE HANSEN,WHO WAS A FOREIGNER AND AN EXPARTRIATE ENGINEER THAT WORKED IN THE PAST IN ONE OF THE OIL COMPANIES IN THIS COUNTRY. I WAS HIS LEGAL ADVISER WHILE HE WAS ALIFE,BEFORE HE WAS LATER INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH HERE AND DIED 7 DAYS LATER FROM THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED THERE-IN IN A SPECIALIST HOSPITAL HERE.
HIS BANK HAS STATED THAT IF I COULD NOT PRESENT THE RIGHT PERSON AS THE BENEFICIAIRY TO MY CLIENTS PRIVATE ACCOUNT WITH THEM BEFORE THE 31ST OF JULY THIS YEAR, THAT THE ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED FOR REMAINING NON-OPERATIONAL FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME OF ROUGHLY TEN YEARS.MY CLIENT HAD THE SUM OF TEN MILLION,EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THE BANK BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.HOWEVER, I HAVE MADE SEVERAL EFFORTS AT TRYING TO LOCATE THE RIGHT PERSON TO THIS ACCOUNT,BUT HAS NOT HAD ANY SUCCESS ON EACH TRIAL,HENCE,I AM WRITING YOU THIS MESSAGE FOR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS DIRECTION.I WANT TO PRESENT YOU TO THE BANK AS THE RIGHT PERSON SO THAT HIS BANK WILL TRANSFER THE ABOVE MENTIONED AMOUNT IN MY LATE CLIENT'S ACCOUNT TO YOU AS THE RIGHT BENEFICIARY,AND AS SOON AS THE MONEY ENTERS YOUR ACCOUNT,WE SHARE IT AS FOLLOWS:40% TO YOU AND 60% TO ME.
THIS TRANSACTION IS TOTALLY LEGAL,BUT REQUIRES URGENT ACTION TO MAKE SURE THIS MONEY COMES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT BEFORE THE TIME GIVEN BY MY CLIENT'S BANK FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE ACCOUNT FINALLY.I SHALL BE GLAD IF YOU CAN COOPERATE WITH ME TO SEE THIS BUSINESS THROUGH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL NEED TO TALK ON PHONE, SO YOU SHOULD FEEL FREE TO SEND ME YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS WHEN REPLYING TO THIS URGENT MESSAGE.
PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO:{ barr_azibah2000@yahoo.co.uk },FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND THE DOCUMENTS IN MY POSSEION CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION.
I AM EXPECTING YOUR QUICK RESPONSE.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
BARR. JOHN AZIBAH.
PLOT 203 CRESCENT RD,
IKEJA,LAGOS-NIGERIA.
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