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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: "steve cole" <steve_cole3@msn.com>
Reply-To: s_cole25@hotmail.ro
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:01:25 +0000
Subject: URGENT/PRIVATE
Dear friend,
Good day!
With warm heart i offer my friendship, and
greetings, and i hope this mail meets you in good
time. However strange or surprising this contact
might seem to you, as we have not met personally
or had any dealings in the past, i humbly ask
that you take due consideration of its importance
and immense benefit.
I must apologize to you for using this medium to
communicate to you about this project. i am sorry
if this letter comes to you as an embarrassment
but be rest assured that your particulars of
contact was given to me after a due search, for
reliable and capable foreigner that will handle
confidentially a transfer of huge sum of money,
from union bank world plc, to a foreign bank
account.
I am Mr. Steve Cole an African born Nigerian
citizen and account officer to late Engr. Willy
Bubenik, a foreign nationality, who used to work
with Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in Nigeria. On 19th
august 2002, our late customer Engr. Willy Bubenik
was involved in a ghastly motor accident with his
family northwards, during which he lost his life
with his wife and two children.
Unfortunately, since we got the information about
his sudden death and the ugly incident that
occurred, the management of my bank made several
enquiries on locating any of his extended relatives
who can stand as his next of kin to inherit an
estate he left behind in our custody but all
these several efforts also proved unsuccessful and
yielded no results.
as his personal account officer/mentor, i also made
concerted efforts aimed at locating a possible next
of kin to my deceased client. What i actually
want to do is to present you to my bank as a
next of kin to the deceased client of mine to
enable us place claims on a total sum of
(us$32,624,000.00), he deposited in my good bank
for safe keeping before his untimely death.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the
stated sum he left behind before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.
This intension becomes very urgent due to the fact
that the banking laws and policy here in Nigeria
stipulates and provides that if such funds remains
unclaimed after five years, that the bank is
legally empowered to freeze such accounts and the
fund transferred into the federal reserve account
as unclaimed fund.
Recently the Union Bank Nigeria plc issued a notice
of confiscation, as the account had remained
unserviceable since 2001, i was subsequently given
a mandate of 21 official banking days to produce
a next of kin to the deceased or consider the
account frozen. due to time constrain and the fact
that i was unsuccessful in locating any relative
to my client, i then wish to seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased client of mine. so that the proceeds of
this account valued at us$32,624,000.00) can be
released through you for our general benefit
instead of allowing his sweat get lost in the
bank.
Be informed that i have in my possession all
necessary information that we shall require to
back-up our claims. i shall furnish you with
further details as soon as you have indicated your
interest to render the desired assistance.
Feel free to contact me on my private email
address stated as follows, (s_cole25@hotmail.ro) to
enable us commence actions on this deal instantly.
Your genuine/honest cooperation is required to enable
us achieve this purpose; i guarantee that the
entire transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangements.
Thanks,
Yours truly,
Mr. Steve Cole
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