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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: UCHE STANLEY <uche_stanley@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:04:32 +0200
Subject: With Due Respect
With Due Respect,
Your name and e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm, (Uche & Co. Law Chambers.) in Lagos , Nigeria . I am Barrister Stanley Uche (Esq), the legal adviser and counsel to a deceased expatriate contractor, who used to work with Chevron/Texaco Nigeria Limited here in Nigeria thereafter shall be referred as my late client. On the 27th of January 2002, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in Ikeja bomb blast here in my country. My client and his family 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 and do some research in the Internet, to locate any member of his family. Hence I contacted you.
Please view these websites below to confirm what I am telling you.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm
I have contacted you to assist me 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 Orient National Bank, where my client deposited US$3.7Million Dollars. The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within two weeks. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$3.7million dollars can be transferred to your account there in your country, then you and me can share the money. I have all necessary legal documents that back up the claim we may make. All I require is your honest co- operations to enable us see this deal through.
You should send to me
Your full names: -
Your private phone number/ fax (if any): -
Your age: -
Your occupation: -
Your home address: -
I am particularly interested in securing this money from the bank, because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this will within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the government treasury as per law here. It is my utmost desire to execute the will of our late client in your favor and therefore, you are required to contact me immediately to start the process of sending this money to any or your designated official account, I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the bank has given us a date limit.
Regards,
Stanley Uche (Esq).
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