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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: Martins Stojjre <martinsstojjre6@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:22:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hope to hear from you
Hello,
First, I must solicit your confidencein this transaction, this is by
virtue if its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well
at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction, as we have been reliably informed of
your discreteness and ability in transactions of this nature.
Let me start first by introducing my self properly to you. I am Martins Stojjre, a marketing manager with Zenith bank Calabar Nigeria
I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and
reputableperson to handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring
maximum confidence.THE PROPOSITION: The former Liberian President and war Lord Charles Taylor recently arrested, trying to escape through Gamboru ( a border town in Nigeria) to the Federal Republic of Chad has been on exile in Calabar Nigeria. During this period in Calabar he was running a current account with my bank ( Zenith Bank) with a deposit of $1.8 billion ( One Billion, eight hundred million Dollars). Eight months before his arrest he opened up another (secret) account with my bank with a deposit of $700m ( Seven hundred million dollars) of which I was appointed his account officer. Out of the $700m, $600m has been fixed in a fix deposit account for the period of 180 days recently. He (Charles Taylor) gave out a written instruction to my bank president that the remaining $100m, will be transfered to one of his friends abroad, that he ( charles Taylor) will give us a name for the transfer later. He could not send this name before his arrest. I hereby seek your
permission to stand as his friend so that I can transfer this funds into your account.All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out and more, we are assuring you of a 100% risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will
be for my self and my colleagues for investment purposes in your country.
We have agreed that, the funds will be shared thus, after it has been
transferred into your account.
1. 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the friend.
2. 10% will be set aside for reimbursement to both parties for any
incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of the
transfer.
3. 60% to us the originators of the transaction.
If this proposal is OK by you do not wish to take undue advantage of
the trust, we hope to bestow on you and your company, then kindly get back to me immediately via my email address.Furnishingme with your most confidential Telephone, Fax number and exclusive bank particulars so that I can use this information to apply for the transfer of the Funds in your favour.
Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Martins Stojjre
Zentih Bank Nigeria plc.
NB: Please no contact should be made to the bank because I am still a serving staff of the bank.
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