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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: tomgoodman@live.com
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 00:54:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Good day.
From The Office of
Barrister Tom Goodman
Tom Goodman & Associates
177 General Gowan rd,=20
Lagos Nigeria.=20
Email: tomgoodman@live.com=20
I am Barrister=A0Tom Goodman a solicitor at law. Personal attorney to one E=
ngineer J.K.Tenhage a national of your country, who used to work with Shell=
Development Company in Lagos Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to a=
s my client.
On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and their only daughter were=
involved in a car accident along=A0Lagos/Ibadan express Road. All occupant=
s of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made sev=
eral enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended re=
latives, this has also proved unsuccessful.=20
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 yo=
u. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$10.=
5 million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared u=
nserviceable by the Stanbic Bank of Nigeria Plc, where this huge amount wer=
e deposited.=20
The said bank, Stanbic Bank of Nigeria=A0Plc has issued me a notice to prov=
ide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty =
one official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 5 years n=
ow, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased he=
nce there is no way I can see any of his relatives, so that the proceeds of=
this account can be paid to you.
Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the =
sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary=A0informati=
on and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.=20
All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this tr=
ansaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate =
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in=
touch with me through my alternative email=A0(tomgoodman@live.com) or=A0on=
+234-805-145-5833=0A=0A=0A
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