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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: "JAMES E. THOMAS" <jamesedmond@fsmail.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jamesedmond01_422@fsmail.net
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 05:31:00 +0100
Subject: ADB
From: Mr. JAMES E. THOMAS
African Development Bank(ADP)
Lagos - Nigeria
Kindest Attention,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this
Transaction, this is by virtue of 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 day.
I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of
This transaction, as I have been reliably informed of
your discreetness and ability in transaction of this
nature, let me start by introducing myself properly to
you. I am Mr. James E.Thomas, credit officer with the
African Development Bank (ADB), Lagos.
I came to you in my private search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle this confidential
Transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum
of money to a foreign account, required maximum
confidence.
What is needed to be done:
A foreigner a Jordanian, Late Mr. Kattan Salif an
oil merchant with the federal government of Nigeria,
until his death on 30th of January 2000 in Kenya
airways bus(a310-300) flight kq430, banked with us at
African Development Bank (ADB) Lagos and had a closing
balance as at the end of 2000 worth
US$30,000,000.00(Thirty million us dollars), the
Bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary.
Valuable efforts are being made by the African
Development Bank (ADB) to get in touch with any of the
Salif’s family or relatives but to no success.
It is because of the received possibility of not being
able to locate any of the late Mr. Kattan Sali’s next
of kin (he had neither wife nor
children that is known to us).
I now decided to seek your permission to have you
stand as next of kin to Late Mr. Kattan Salif
So that the fund US$30Million will be released and
paid into your account as the beneficiary's next of
kin. All documents and proves to enable you get this
fund will be carefully worked out. The African
Development Bank Board of has mandated me
Directors to locate any of the deceased family to
Stand as a beneficiary's next of kin and that is why I
decided to contact your person.
I am assuring you that this business is 100% risk free
involvement. Your share stays while the rest will be
for myself for investment purpose according to
agreement within the both parties. As soon as I
receive an acknowledge of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will
furnish you with the necessary modalities and
Disbursement ratio to suite both parties without
any conflict.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make
Undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you
, Then kindly get to me immediately via my above email
address Please furnish me with your most confidential
telephone/fax numbers and exclusive Bank account
particulars so that I can use this information to
apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the
fund in your favor.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated
Cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. James E.Thomas.
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