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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: "Mr. Raymond Ihyembe" <rayihyembe@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:38:31 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY
Mr. Raymond Ihyembe
Bank Of The North Limited
18 Creek Road, P.O.Box 5436.
Apapa, Lagos.
Website: www.bankofnorth.com
Private Email: rihyembe@hotmail.com
Dear Friend,
How are you and things in general? hope fine, I must
solicit your confidencein this transaction, this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and
top secret.
Let me start by first, introducing myself properly to
you. I am Mr. Raymond Ihyembe, a Executive Branch Director
(Regional Branch Director) of Bank Of The North Limited,
Lagos. I contacted you in search of our late client
relation who bear your last name (surname), also a citizen
of your country, who used to work with the Shell Development
Company in cross river.
It came to my notice on the 6th of April 2002, that our
client, his wife and their only daughter were involved
in a Local Plane Crash at Kano State, which en route from
sokoto to Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria), banked with
us here at the Bank Of The North Limited, Lagos, had a
closing balance of $18,420M (Eigthteen Million, Four
Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)
which the bank now unquestionably expects to be claimed
by any of his available foreign next of kin or relation
before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the Board of Director, and it will be accredited to the
federal government treasury account before the next 14
working
days.
Fervent valuable efforts are being made by the Bank Of
The North to get in touch with any of our late client
next of kin/ Beneficiary to inherit his funds with the
bank, For the fact that we have been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek the
consent to present you as the next of kin/ beneficiary
of our late client funds with the bank
I will want you to know that we have concluded to a
agreement that 25% of the money will be for you, 70%
will be for me and my other colleague and 5% will be to
insure our expense which we made in transacting this
business, If you are interested, please send to me your
information as listed below to my contact address above:
Your Full Name
Contact Address
Telephone/ Fax Number
Occupation
As soon as, I receive these information. I will inform you
the modalities of this transaction, and I assure you that
this transaction is genuine, real and legal because I will
not want you to have any form of doubt or fear but
confidence in this transaction
Your Sincerely,
Mr. Raymond Ihyembe
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