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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: "ben awele" <benawele@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ositajoe77@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:08:46 -0500
Subject: Reply Soon.
ATTN:SIR/MADAM,
I am MR BEN AWELE. Bank Manager of Union
Bank of NIGERIA. I have an urgent and confidential
business proposal for you. I got your information in my
search for a reliable partner who can assist me actualise
this arrangement.
PROPOSAL:
On June 6, 1999, an American oil
merchant/Contractor with the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION, MR KEN
POWER, made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve (12) calendar
Months,valued at US$28,000,000.00 (Twenty-Eight Million United states
Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers,THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLEUM COPORATION that MR KEN POWER died from an automobile accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his NEXT
OF KIN was friutless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that MR KEN POWER did not
declare any KIN OR RELATIONS IN ALL HIS OFFICIAL
DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPER WORK IN MY BANK.
This sum of US$28,000,000.00 is still sitting in my
Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. NO PERSON WILL
EVER COME FOWARD TO CLAIM IT. According to NIGERIAN LAW, at the expiration
of 6(SIX) YEARS, the money will revert to the ownership of the NIGERIAN
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF NOBODY APPLIES TO CLAIM THE FUND. Consequently, my
proposal is that I WANT YOU TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN/BENEFICIARY OF
THIS FUND DEPOSIT SO THAT THE FUND CAN BE RELEASED TO YOU FOR OUR
MUTUAL BENEFIT. FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, YOU WILL BE ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED WITH
( 40%) OF THE TOTAL SUM. (55%) WILL BE MY OWN SHARE WHILE (5%) WILL BE SET
ASIDE TO COVER ALL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES MADE BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD BEFORE
CONCLUTION OF THIS DEAL. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE as all the paper
works that will be required to effect this fund transfer
will be obtained from the Federal Ministry / High Court of
Justice by an Attorney hear in Nigeria, and my position
as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution
of this arrangement.
Moreso, ALL ASPECTS OF THIS TRANSACTION ( FROM HE FIRST TO THE LAST ), WILL
BE CONDUCTED LEGALLY in such a manner that it will not constitute a breach
of the law either in your country or in mine.
IF YOU ARE INTRESTED IN ASSISTING ME IN THIS
TRANSACTION, PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL:
ositajoe77@yahoo.it FOR MORE DETAILS. This has to do with fund transfer
and consiquently requires speed. Upon your response, I SHALL PROVIDE YOU
WITH DETAILS ON HOW WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY ACTUALISE THIS DEAL, I SHALL ALSO
PROVIDE YOU WITH DOCUMENTS IN RELATION TO THIS
FUND DEPOSIT THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TRANSACTION BETTER.
Please realise that the confidentiality of this
arrangement must be maintained from now, and even after
the successful complition of this deal. I WILL MEET WITH
YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSMENT AFTER THE FUND HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO
YOU, AND ALSO DISCUSS INVESTMENT POTENTIALS AS I WILL LIKE TO INVEST IN YOUR
COUNTRY WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE.
Awaiting your urgent reply through the above this stated email address:
ositajoe77@yahoo.it
Regards,
MR BEN AWELE.
Private Email:ositajoe77@yahoo.it
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