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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: Shanta Moye <barrmoye_123@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barrmoye_0222@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:32:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear tineke laurent-van leeuwen,
=A0
=A0ATTN: tineke laurent-van leeuwen,=20
I am Barrister=A0Shanta=A0Moye,an Attorney at law, and the Personal lawyer =
to Engineer W.A.leeuwen,a citizen of your country who used to work with She=
ll International of Togo,hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.
On the 21st of April,2004,my client,his wife and their two=A0 children were=
involved in a car accident along Karra-Sokode expressway while arriving fr=
om a Holiday to Lome.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their =
lives. Since then,I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate a=
ny of my clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.I=
am contacting you to assist in claiming the sum of US$18 million in cash, =
which the deceased deposited with a Security Company in Europe for safekeep=
ing, before his sudden death.
The Security Company in question has issued me a notice to provide the next=
of kin of my late client or have the deposit with them declared an Abandon=
ed Property through the laid down legal procedures within one Month(though =
they don't know that the box deposited with them was cash, hence my client =
told them that it contains his family vital documents/valauables). Since I =
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year now,I th=
erefore,seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased=
since you have the same last name so that the proceed of this deposit valu=
ed at US$18 million can be released to you, and I and you can share the mon=
ey at an agreed proportion.
You will be required to open a non-residence Bank account in there(if you p=
refer)where you will pay in the money when the box is released to you by th=
e Security Company. Upon your acceptance to this proposal,the information o=
f the Security Company will be furnished to you so that you establish a con=
tact with them and inform them of your readiness to come and claim the depo=
sit with them. I will direct on this with the back up in your favour.
Every secret information relating to the deposit will be given to you which=
you shall use to identify yourself as the next of kin of my late client.Pl=
ease contact me and also give me your direct telephone number immediately.
Sincerely Yours,
Barr Shanta=A0Moye
Tel:+228 925 6522
=A0=0A=0A=0A
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