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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: "mervynallister177 Gazeta.pl" <mervynallister177@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mervynallister20008@jmail.co.za
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:56:21 -0700
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR.MERVYN ALLISTER,
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FROM THE DESK OF MR.MERVYN ALLISTER,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
IN FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
(BOA) BANK OF AFRICA,
NIGERIA WEST AFRICA
Dear Friend,
How are you doing with your family? Hope fine, Please pay attention and
understand my reason of contacting you today through this email, My name
isMR.MERVYN ALLISTER, Bill and Exchange Manager in Bank Of Africa Nigeria.
In my department, during the Auditing of the year 2006.
I discovered an abounded sum of $15M that belongs to our Late Mr. Morris
Thompson, an American prominent man who unfortunately lost his life in the
plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31st
2000.
I desperately need your assistance to secure and move this huge sums of
money left behind by my late client to the tune of $15,000.000.00, (Fifteen
Million United States Dollars) out from Bank Of Africa Nigeria to your own
account, he executed contract through Department of Work and Housing here in
Nigeria and the mentioned money above is his money left in our bank before
his death. Meanwhile, for your smoothness of this transaction, I will pay
you 30% of the total sum for your co-operation in this matter.
If you know that you are interested and capable to handle this business
transaction, come up with the information's showed below:-
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Contact Cell Phone/Fax Number's
3. Your Age:
4. Your Sex:
5. Your Occupations:
6. Your Country and City:
As soon as possible all these information's is submitted to me, I will
immediately draft an application form with all your information's and send
back to you, so that you will proceed with the transaction by sending the
form to BOA bank for the transferring of this fund into your account.
I need not emphasize to you that the sensitivity of this issue need not be
toyed with by neglecting its confidentiality. I therefore appeal to you not
discuss this request with anybody, even if you decline my request.
Until I am sure of your consent and full cooperation, I would prefer that we
maintain correspondence by email. At this point I want to assure you that
your true consent, full cooperation and confidentiality are all that are
required for us to take full advantage of this opportunity.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully
MR.MERVYN ALLISTER
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