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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: richardholi@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:49:46 +0100
Subject: Trust Business
Inland Bank Of Nigeria Plc.
40/45 Marina Lagos.
E-mail: richardholi2000@yahoo.ca
E-mail: richardholi@hotmail.com
Dear Ellen,
I am Dr.Richard Holi the Manager Bill and Exchange of the Foreign Operations
Department Inland Bank Plc . I am writing in respect of a foreign customer
of my bank with Account Number: 058100 654011-52 who died in 21st, November
2001 in a plane crash.
Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release unless
somebody applies for it as the next of Kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines. And since no one has come forward to
claim the fund for years now, we discovered/realized that the fund (US$12.8m)
the account no: 058100 654011-52 has been abandoned.
As the deceased is from your country it will enable us proceed the release
of the money to you. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two
other senior officials in the department now decided to make business with
you and release the money to you as the Next of Kin or relation of the deceased
for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for
it and we do not want this money to go back into the Federal Government
Account as Unclaimed Bill.
This is because the banking Law and Guidelines here stipulated that if
such money remains unclaimed after five years the money would be transferred
into the Banking Treasury as unclaimed fund. It is in view of this, I
got your contact through the foreign trade mission after I was convinced
in my mind that you/your name could be used as the next of kin to the
deceased.
The request of a foreigner as Next of Kin in this business is occasioned
by the fact that the customer is a foreigner and a Nigeria cannot stand
as a Next of Kin to a foreigner. I agreed that US$4.5M of this money/fund
will be for you for your involvement, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars will
be donated to charity while the rest will be for me and my partners.
So upon the conclusion of this transaction and your receipt of this fund,
I and two other of my colleagues will visit your country for the disbursement.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer/release of the fund to you
as arranged, you must apply first to the Bank as a relation or Next of
Kin of the deceased.
Upon receipt of your reply I will send to you by fax Text of the Application
and the next steps to take. I will also not fail to bring to your notice
that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any
fear as the whole required arrangement as been made for the transfer/release
of the fund to you.
Note: This transaction is confidential/risks free. As soon as you receive
this email, you should contact me at once through the above stated email
address.richardholi2000@yahoo.ca
Thanks, trusting to hear from you immediately,
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Richard Holi.
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