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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "FELIX ABUA" <info@felixabua.com>
Reply-To: adams_well4@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:48:06 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND
FROM: MR.ADAMS WELL
21 Johnson st
LAGOS NIGERIA
TEL:+234-802-585-4364
DEAR FRIEND
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I got your email address
from the Foreign Department in our Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office.
MY NAME IS MR.ADAMS WELL, THE MANAGER CREDIT AND FOREIGN BILLS OF {Standard
Trust Bank Plc, A papa Branch Lagos.} I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN
CUSTOMER OF MY BANK WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER 14-255-2004/utb/t AND HIS NAME IS
MR. JEREMIAH OWEN, WHO DIED IN A PLANE,RASH THIOPIAN AIRLINE 961] WITH OTHER
PASSENGERS ABOARD.
SIR, SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN
INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS
COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF $10.5 million (ten million five hundred thousand
united states dollars) HAS BEEN WITH MY BANK FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT
OF KIN AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO BE THE NEXT OF KIN. AND THE BANKING ETHICS
HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN FOUR YEARS, BECUASE AFTER
FOUR YEARS THE ACCOUNT WILL BE DECLARED DORMANT AND THE MONEY FORFEITED TO
THE BANK. IN VIEW OF THIS, I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO ACT AS THE NEXT OF
KIN. THE REQUEST OF A FOREIGNER AS NEXTOF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED
BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER.
I AGREED THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WOULD BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN
RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR ME. THEREAFTER I
WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT.THEREFORE TO FACILITATE THE
IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY
FIRST TO THE BANK AS A ELATION TO THE DECEASED YOUR PRIVATETELEPHONE NUMBER
AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE
REMITTED. UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL
THE APPLICATION AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE I WILL 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 HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE
TRANSFER.YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS
LETTER. TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOURS RESPECTFULLY,
MR.ADAMS WELL
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