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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: "stephen moore" <moore408@msn.com>
Reply-To: stephen_moore30@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:11:00 +0000
Subject: REQUEST FOR NEXT OF KIN
FROM THE ACCOUNT DIRECTOR,
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION.
(AVIATION,TOURISM,E.T.C).
FEDERAL REPULIC OF NIGERIA.
STEPHEN MOORE.
RE- PAYMENT OF CONTRACT SHIPMENT VIA YOUR
HUMBLESELF(CONFIDENTIAL).
Following report reaching us regarding previous
claim of contract funds which has not been settled, prior to
this report and consequent with the mandate of the
American President (George Bush) has instructed our
President to settle all outstanding payment owned to
various foreign contractors in a bid to redeem the
image of this country. In view to this, the president
has called the attention of various ministerial
parastatals to stop further transaction until it is
assured that all already previous transactions made
are paid to their respective contractors by the
financial institutions concern.
After this instruction and mandate was passed on by the american president,
My ministry was asked to pay off all old foreign contractors, as the payment
process was on, it was discovered that one Mr. Allan P. Seaman has a balance
of $12MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR ONLY with the Central Bank Of
Nigeria(CBN). After the approval papers was duly signed and passed on to the
bank for payment, it was discovered that Mr. seaman files were unable to
provide his personal contact informations, as all the telephone lines and
residential contact was unreachable both home and abroad.
After proper investigations i discovered that Mr. Seaman died four years ago
in a plane crash involving the wife and the two children(may their gentle
soul rest in peace).
It was in this process that i dicovered that the money will be reverted to
the countries treasury, if nobody lay claims to the fund. Since Late Mr.
Seaman did not declare a next of kin to his fund, I decide to contact you in
strict confidence to stand as the next of kin to the deceased, instead of
the money to be lost. The Nigerian goverment will benefit from this and that
will be a wasted effort if nothing is done to retrieve this money. I do not
trust the Nigerian goverment and their fraudulent activities, though i am a
Nigerian.
I cannot lay claims to the money,since i am a local person here,but the
money can be approved to you as foreigner in respective of your nationality
or name, The attorney will take the legal responsibility of handling that
aspect.
To effectively complete this project, We shall employ the services of a
competent attorney to assist in the legal aquisition of all the related
representations and documentations needed to back up our claims.
In any case, i do hope that you will not turn down this offer or ignore
this opportunity.I know it may be hard to believe at this stage,
considering the sad news about the country activities internationally.
Finally, Also do reconfirm your transaction details, direct
telephone and fax number where you can be reached easily, including your
bank account details.For your involvement in this transaction both morally,
financially,and other supports, i am ready to compesate your efforts with
30% of the total sum, after the funds has been succesfully wired into your
nominated bank account oversea.
I believe that we can achieve great success if you are ready to adhere to my
advice on the way forward in retrieving this payment.
Yours faithfully
Mr.Stephen Moore.
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