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Fraud email example:
From: "CLUSTAR CHAMBERS"<pascalifec3@myway.com>
Reply-To: bjozzchina@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 19:01:49 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re Urgent
FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER JOZZ CHINAZA,CLUSTAR CHAMBERS,LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE,15 ALLEN AVENUE,IKEJA. LAGOS, ATTN:Dear Sir / Madam,
I know you will definitely take this as a deceptive email, because of the swindle news we hear everyday and it seems to happen more often. Let me first of all inform you, I got your email id from a mail directory and decided to email you for a permission to go ahead. However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think of. I am Barrister Jozz Chinaza. Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Mathew Weiner a national of your country, who used to work with shell Development Company in Nigeria. On the 31st october 2004, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagbama Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money that belongs to my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $3,million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3years now.
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $3,million dollars can be paid in your name and remittance be effected to your given account. After receipt of the funds, you can disburse as follows upon my arrival in your Country: -1. 40% to you.2. 55% to Me, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require, I have theertificate of deposit that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further. Provide me with the information below:1. Your Full Name:2. Your Current Mailing Address:3. Your Marital Status:4. Your Age:5. Your Occupation:6. Country: (Present Location):7. Telephone and Fax
numbers.8. Nationality: This is to affect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in less than seven (7) working days. I WILL OBTAIN AFFIDAVIT FROM COURT WHEN YOU RESPONSE TO ME. Best regards, Esq.: Jozz Chinaza.
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