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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: olamigeorge@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 01:29:04 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
From the Desk of:MR OLA GEORGE
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}
Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
E-mail: olageorge1@fastermail.com
Dear Friend,
Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr.OLA GEORGE, GM,
Corporate & Investment Banking with Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
Lagos-Nigeria.
This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from
someone you have not met before and due to high volume of Spam mail
that goes around the world through this means but I have no other
choice than to send it to you through the internet means, Therefore,
I will appreciate it if you honor it and give me all your trust and
full co-operation.
I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable
person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my
Colleagues and myself. As a matter of fact, I got your contact from
the world trade center (WTC) Regional office in Lagos,
Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was not made known to
them.
Proposition
A America Mr. Frederick M. Wong, 54 years of age who is an America
Oil consultant/contractor with NNPC had in our Bank the sum of US$5m
in a domiciliary account. He named his wife, Mrs. Lilla C. Wong as
the next of kin. Unfortunately, two of them died in a plane crash
involving Egyptair 990, you can confirm it yourself via website
below:
www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank through the
American Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased children but
to no avail, as we were made to understand that the couple had no
children. Given the skeletal information available to the Bank, it
has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives. The option
left for the Bank management is to declare the deceased account
dormant and revert the funds to trading on behalf of and in the
interest of the Bank.
In Nigeria, and almost all other parts of African continent, when
Banks acquire funds such as that of Mr. Frederick M. Wong, they are
required by law to donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The
Trust Fund For Arms And Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions purchased
with funds from the Trust Fund are used to further enhance the course
of war in Africa and invariably turbulence of some sort in the world
in general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this negative
development that my Colleagues and I now seek your assistance to have
you stand as a distant relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick M. Wong, so that the funds would be released to you. All
documents and proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully
packaged once we receive your consent on this proposal.
May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free,
as we have taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a
hitch-free transaction.
I have the authority of my partners involved in this transaction to
propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction
your share would be 40% of the US$5million, 60% for us.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me.
Best Regards.
MR OLA. GEORGE
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}.
Send your further correspondent to this e-mail address: olageorge1@fastermail.com
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