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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. Williams Aku" <drwilliams_aku1@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 11:15:49 +0000
Subject: Hello,
>From Dr. Williams Aku.
Citizens Int'l Bank Plc
Plot:119 Adeola Odeku,V/Island,Lagos, Nigeria.
Telephone:00234-8029021253 Or 00234-8033433951.
Email: drwilliamebeh2@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Friend,
Good day and Compliments,
I am sending you this mail in confidence believing that if it is the wish of
God for you to help me, God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly.I
am Dr. Williams Aku. senior manager accounts/audit department, in Citizens
International Bank Plc. DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY,who was a contractor with
Shell-development Company in Nigeria and a personal friend died and left
behind his deposit in this bank (CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC) valued USD
10.8MILLIONS I am writing to seek your cooperation over this business deal.
In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of USD10.8M, (TEN MILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) only , in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire
family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East Africa, the Late DR.
GEORGE BRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America but resident
here in my country and a physician.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because it cannot be released unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately, all his supposed next
of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody
behind to claim the money. Therefore upon this discovery that I now decided
to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you via your
foreign bank account as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and this
money Could go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after four years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for your assistance and maximum
co-operation as a foreign citizen to stand as the next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a
foreigner.50 % of this money will be for you as my foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account. and 50 % would be for me.
There after I will come over to your country for disbursement according to
the percentages indicated.Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the relation or
next of kin to the deceased, indicating your claims and where the money will
be remitted into.
Upon receipt of your respose indicating your willingness to work with me, I
will send to you by fax or email the contact information of my bank manager
which you will use to submit the application and I will direct you on how to
do that. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is
strictly confidential and I will use my position in this Bank to effect a
hitch free transfer of the fund and that is to say I guarantee that this
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you and I from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me through my email and send to me your full name,
telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this
transaction.You can visit the website below for more information about the
Plane Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family, Late
DR GEORGE BRUMLEY
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
Awaiting your urgent reply
Thanks and my regards.
Dr. William Aku.
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