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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: "David Clarke" <dc_xx234@msn.com>
Reply-To: dw_will234@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:51:28 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY
NO17, CHRIS AZIKIWE CRESCENT,
IKOYI LAGOS, NIGERIA.
Dear Sir/Madam,
We want to transfer to overseas ($ 136,000.000.00 USD) One
hundred and Thirty six million United States ollars) from a
Bank in Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for a
reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to
provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new
Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end for this important business trusting
in you and believing in God that you will never let me down
either now or in future.
I am Mr David Clarke, the Auditor General of a bank in
Africa, during the course of our auditing I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1995 and
since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again, after
going through some old files in the records I discovered that
the owner of the account died without a [heir] hence the money
is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it
will be forfeited for nothing as the owner of this account is
Mr. Richerd William, a foreigner, and a sailor, and he
died, since 1998. and no other person knows about this account
or any thing concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that
Richerd William until his death was the manager De Beers
Mining Company in Lagos.
We will start the first transfer with Thirty six million
[$36,000.000] upon successful transaction without any
disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment
of the remaining rest amount to your account. The amount
involved is (USD 136M) One hundred and Thirty Six million
United States Dollars, only I want to first transfer
$36,000.000 [Thirty Six million United States Dollar from this
money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest,
but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local
person here, without valid international foreign passport, but
can only be approved to any foreigner with valid international
passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money
is in us dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Richerd william
is a foreigner too, [and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together
I got your contact address from my secretary who operates
computer, I am revealing this to you with believe in God that
you will never let me down in this business, you are the first
and the only person that I am contacting for this business, so
please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step
to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax
number including the full details of the account to be used
for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face to build
confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us
together before transferring the money to any account of your
choice where the fund will be safe.Before we fly to your
country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.because
the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I
will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am
convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with
me in this business.I need your strong assurance that you will
never, ever let me down.
With my influence and the position of the bank official we can
transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which
you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The
bank official will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any
place and to build confidence you can come immediately to
discuss with me face to face after which I will make this
remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to your
country at least two days ahead of the money going into the
account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately
I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this
fund in your account.
I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal
approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account
with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and
foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will
be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of transferring. I look
forward to your earliest reply through my email- dc_xx234@msn.com.
Sincerely,
Thanks And Best Regards,
Mr.David Clarke
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