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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: paulanderson2005001@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:05:45 -0700
Subject: urgent reply
FROM THE DESK OF,
MR PAUL ANDERSON
ECO BANK [ECOBANK]
LAGOS NIGERIA ANNEX,
PRIVATE EMAIL:paulanderson2005001@yahoo.co.uk
or paulanderson2005001@hotmail.com
Dearest Friend,
I know this message may come to you as a big surprise
because we have not met before, but please do not
think this is one of those junk mails you do received
in your email box/fax machine and which I, myself do
receive also.
In order to transfer out (USD 10 MILLION) million
United States Dollars) from ECO BANK [ECOBANK]. I have
the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this
important and confidential business believing that you
will never let me down either now or in future.
I am MR PAUL ANDERSON the AUDITING MANAGER of ECO BANK
[ECOBANK]ASSISTED RURAL PROJECTS IN NIGERIA REPUBLIC.
There is contract money left in this bank since 1999
and nobody has claimed it. After going through some
old files in the records, I discovered that if I do
not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited
for nothing.
The owner of this contract money is :MR Raymond Beck:
a foreigner, and a business man by profession and he
died since 1999. No other person knows about this
money or any thing concerning it. The contract money
owner has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as well that his company does not know
anything about this money and the amount involved is
(USD$10M) ten million United States Dollars million
dollars.
I want to first transfer [USD6M]six million United
States Dollars from this money into a safe foreigners
account abroad before the rest, but I don't know any
foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money cannot be approved to a local bank
here, but can only be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in us dollars and the former
owner of the account is Mr. Raymond Beck is a foreigner
too. I know that this message will come to you as a
surprise as we don?t know our selves before, but be
sure that it is real and a genuine business.
I only got your contact address through Internet
website with the believe in God that you will never
let me down in this business. You are the only person
that I have contacted in this business, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step
to take urgently.
I would want us to conclude this transfer within five
bank working days, In that regards kindly confirm to
me your willing to receive this money into a foreign
account or any account of your choice where the fund
will be safe. I will fly to your country for
withdrawal and sharing and other investments as soon
as you receive our fund and confirm to me.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner with foreign account and foreign
beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I will give to you
upon your willingness immediately.
If you are able and with capability to handle such
amount in strict confidence and trust according to my
instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because
this opportunity will never come again in my life. I
need truthful person in this business because I don't
want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and
trust.
With my position now in the office I can transfer this
money to any foreigner's reliable account after the
procedures and the necessary banking transfer Mode of
transfer, which you can provide with assurance that
this money will be intact pending my physical arrival
in your country for sharing. I will destroy all
documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace to any place.
You can also come to discuss with me face to face
after which I will make this remittance in your
presence and two of us will fly to your country so at
least two days ahead of the money going into the
account. I will apply for annual live to get visa
immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act
and receive this fund in your account.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your
account with appropriate clearance forms of the
ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the
conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of
the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be
for expenses both parties might have incurred during
the process of transferring. I look forward to your
earliest reply through my private email
address:paulanderson2005001@yahoo.co.uk or paulanderson2005001@hotmail.com
Yours Truly,
MR PAUL ANDERSON
___________________________________________________________________________
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