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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: "DR.EMMA NNAMDI" <benolise3@fidelitytrustinsuranceplc.com>
Reply-To: dremmannamdi@myway.com
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:01:36 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY.
Dr. Emma Nnamdi
Union Bank Nigeria plc
#56, adeola adekun street
Victoria-Island
Lagos-Nigeria
Dearest Friend,
I am Dr. Emma Nnamdi, The Head of Operations Fund transfer department,
Union Bank Nigeria plc I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office
that will be of immense benefit to both of us.In my Bank we discovered an
abandoned sum of $12.5m.US Dollras in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers Late Mr.Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost
his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on
January 31-2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more
about the crash on visiting this website.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because the Bank cannot
release the funds unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation
to the deceased as indicated in our anking guidelines.Unfortunately I learnt
that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter died along with him in
the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for
the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this
department now decided to do business with you and release the money to you
as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don?t want this
money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.We agreed that
20% of this money will be for you as foreign partner,while the ballance will
be for me and my colleagues.
I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages
indicated above once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to
me and trust is our watchword in this transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive
this mail you should contact me by return mail whether or not you are
willing to enter into this deal. In the event you are not interested, I
sincerely ask that you disregard this email and tell no one about it.I am
very careful on truncating my banking career should you mention this to
someone else. I hope you can be trusted in this regard.Please note that all
necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you has been
finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response.
Please in your response include the following information:
(1) Your full name and
address....................................................
(1) Your telephone number and fax
number..........................................
(3) Your business name and
address...............................................
(4) Your age and
sex.............................................................
(5) Any for of identification (Int'l PassPort or Driven Liance) for your
identification
Best regards
Dr. Emma Nnamdi
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