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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: "revpeter obi" <obipeterrev@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: revp_obi@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:07:24 +0100
Subject: Re:ITS TRUST FIRST, CAN I TRUST YOU???
*DIAMOND BANK NIGERIA LTD
HEAD OFFICE 24, IDOWU TAYLOR STREET
P.M.B 73266 ,
LAGOS
NIGERIA
ITS TRUST FIRST, CAN I TRUST YOU?
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*WITH COMPLIMENTS AND RESPECT, I BEG YOUR PARDON FOR THIS UNSOLICITED
NATURE, IT WAS OUT OF DESPERATION AND CURIOSITY THAT MADE ME TO CONTACT YOU,
TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, I AM REVREND PETER OBI, A SENIOR MANAGER AND PERSONAL
ACCOUNTING OFFICER TO THIS LATE CUSTOMER OF OURS. A NATIONALITY OF YOUR
COUNTRY, HE WAS INTO CRUDE OIL AND OIL TOOLS HERE IN NIGERIA , HE IS
REFERRED TO AS MY TRUSTED FRIEND THOUGH A CUSTOMER.*
*ON SUNDAY, 27TH OF JANUARY 2002 AT (15:53 GMT), MY CLIENT AND HIS WIFE IN A
TERRIBLE BOMB BLAST THAT TOOK LIVE OF INNOCENT SOULS ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY
2002 AND UNFORTUNATELY OVER 1000, PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES AND CUSTOMER AND
HIS WIFE WERE PART OF THIS PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES IN IKEJA GOVERMENT
RESERVE AREA WHERE THEY LIVED. IN VIEW OF THIS PLEASE VIEW THE WEB PAGE
BELOW: VIEW THE WEBSITE
**http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2698081.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2698081.stm>
*SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF
MY CLIENT'S EXTENDED RELATIVES, THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER
THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO TRACK HIS LAST NAME. TO
LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY OR ANY CLOSE NAME TO HIS, HENCE I CONTACTED
YOU.*
*I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT
BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET LIQUIDATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY
THE BANK WHERE THIS HUGE DEPOSITS WERE LODGED,PARTICULARLY THE DIAMOND BANK
WHERE THE DECEASED HAD HIS ACCOUNT
VALUED PRECISELY TO BE USD8.5MILLION{EIGHT MILLION-FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS.} THE BANK HAS ISSUED A NOTICE ON THE GAZZETE
DEMANDING THE NEXT OF KIN TO COME UP OR HAVE THE ACCOUNT LIQUIDATED WITHIN
THE NEXT TWENTY-ONE OFFICIAL WORKING DAYS.*
*CONSEQUENTLY, MY PROPOSAL IS THAT I WILL LIKE YOU AS A NATIONAL OF SAME
COUNTRY TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN ,SO THAT THE FRUITS OF THIS GENTLE
MAN'S LABOR WILL NOT GET INTO THE HANDS OF SOME GROUP OF CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS WHO WILL GET RID OF THE MONEY AND SHARE IT FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH
INTEREST AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIVES FOR
OVER 4 YEARS NOW, I SEEK YOUR PROMPT CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF
KIN OF THE DECEASED SINCE YOU ARE FROM THE SAME COUNTRY SO THAT THE PROCEEDS
OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT USD$24.5M, IN CASH AND BONDS CAN BE PAID TO YOU
AND THEN YOU AND I CAN SHARE THE MONEY ACCORDING TO ANY AGREED RATIO.
ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION TO ENABLE US SEEING THIS DEAL
THROUGH.
PLEASE I MUST TELL YOU THAT THIS INFORMATION IS CONFIDIENTIAL AS NOT TO
INVOLVE ANY THIRD PARTY FOR THE SAKE OF THE MONEY THIS INDIVIDUAL HAVE KEPT
NOT FOR ALL HIS EFFORT TO BE IN VAIN. SO THAT YOU AS A FELLOW CITIZEN OF HIS
COUNTRY AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS POSESSION IS IN THE HAND OF HIS
BROTHER WHICH IS YOU A FELLOW CITIZEN OF THE LATE CLIENT.
OTHER INFORMATION AND NECESSARY DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE CLIENT WILL BE SENT TO
YOU AS THIS INFORMATION GOES BEYOND.
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THANK YOU
REVREND PETER OBI*
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