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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: "Frank Wilson" <frank_wilson01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frankwilson_01@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:17:40 +0000
Subject: Best regards!!
FROM THE DESK:MR FRANCIS WILSON.
BRANCH MANAGER,
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA)
PLOT 669, ILupeju STREET,
P O BOX 75455,VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though,this medium
(Internet)has been greatly abused,however I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains the fastest,surest and most secured medium of
communication.
This correspondence is un-official and private,so i urge you to treat as
such.
I am Mr Francis Wilson the branch Manager United Bank for Africa PLC.
Accounts and Bills Department Victoria-Island Lagos.
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Olusegun Obasanjo) who is
also the president of African Union (AU) recently dismissed several top
government officials for Economic and Financial Crime Malpractices,with all
their bank accounts frozen and their landed properties confiscated for
illegal aquisation.
On this note, officials serving in the present Government have started
taking some measures to guard against loosing all they have worked for life
because an extensive investigation is presently going on by a team of
Auditors and Security Agents mandated by the president to search all banks
and financial
institusion and expose culprits.
To prevent any form of victimazation from political opponent, a very big
customer in my bank has mandated me to contact and solicite the assistance
of a reliable person who would front for him as a foreign business associate
and receive the sum of US$8,100,000,00.(Eight Million One Hundred Thousand
United State Dollar) on his behalf for investment in your country.
This money is presently deposited in a Finance Company. Therefore all we
require from you is to receive this fund on our behalf by providing a good
bank account where this fund would be transferd into either by Telegraphic
Transfer(TT) or via Internet Banking process (On-Line banking) since this
two process has been confirmed to be safer,faster and more confidential
means of transfering fund.
As soon as this is done we will raise an invoice to cover the transfer of
the fund as payment of goods and services to a foreign business associate.
We shall compersate you with 30% of the fund after transfer and we
will refund to you any expences you may incure in the curse of the
transaction (Telephone Bills and Domestic expences on your side)
I look forward to a favourable response from you via this email address
frankwilson_01@yahoo.com for proper instruction to enable us proceed with
the transaction as soon as posible.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Francis Wilson.
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