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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: "Peta Lemmy" <peta_lemmy2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: p_lemmy2004@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:46:15 -0500
Subject: PLS READ AND REPLY.
Dear Friend,
I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrar to your moralethics.
But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal. I am Mr. Peta Lemmy
the auditing director of a Commercial Bank here in Lagos.
We had a foreign customer, who deposited a huge sum of money (US$10.5Million
United States Dollars Only) with our bank. Eventually,this customer was
among the victims of the fatal car accident that claimed over 20 lives along
Shagamu/Ikorodu Expressway on the 12-02-1999 in Lagos and since then,
we have not had anybody coming for the deceased funds/estate as the next
of kin, and I have been monitoring this account with my position here in
the bank for the past years. However from the information that I have
gathered,the deceased died along side with the wife and a supposed next of
kin which is their only son, hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin
for
the past years and now.
In view of this, I write to solicit for your assistance to present you
as the next of kin as every other arrangement has been concluded by me and
I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his/her
account for our mutual benefit. This does not have any risk attached to it
as
all his secret information that will be required from you by the bank is
with me right now over here.
I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I
will furnish you with details on how to proceed for the successful claim
ofthe fund. After the successful transfer of the fund into the bank account
you will nominate, I will come over to meet with you for disbursementof the
fund 50/50 ratio and also invest part of my shear in your country through
your help.
I look forward to hear from you so as to enble us forge ahead to achive this
mutual benefit.
Best Regards.
Peta Lemmy
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