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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: "Mr Calos James" <Calos_James@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: info_aditor@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:46:21 -0800
Subject: Good Day.
From the desk of Mr.Calos James.
13 Bassey close ind. layout, Enugu
Nigeria.
(URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL)
Dear friend,
Regards,and compliments of the day. I sincerely hope that the business proposal will not come to you as embarrassment, but rather a surprise, since we neither know each other now or before nor have had any correspondence or contact. Please. Permit me to introduce myself to you.
I am Mr Calos James, General-Auditor standard trust bank of Nigeria Plc and was promoted newly seven days ago as a General-Auditor and Transferred to a sub Headquarters to take control of the operations due to my effort and diligence to the bank.
During the course of our auditing, I came across an account own by a foreign bearing the sum of $28m US (Twenty Eight Million U.S.dollars) and this account has not been Access for the past 8 year ago. In my enquires the bearer of this Account is "Engr Peterson Smith" He had contracts with the Federal Government of Nigeria, during the regime of Late General Sani Abacha. Formal Military head of state .
But I found that "Engr Peterson Smith" died 9 years ago in a gasly motor accident. And this money ($28m) was paid in his account by the Federal government of Nigeria as the money owning him in most of the contracts he did. I want you to stand as the beneficiary so that Federal government will not have the power to seize the fund.
To prove the authenticity of the business I will use my position and influence as General-Auditor to obtain all legal approvals of this fund to your nominated account with appropriate clearance from the courier security company.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process.
I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the instructions of a diplomat who is deeply involved with me in this business, I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down.
If you are interested,reply this mail with your Full name,personal phone number and fax number, to enable me apply for the courier security company to release the fund for you as the beneficiary.contact me with my e-mail address:info_aditor@yahoo.com .
Note that this transaction is 100% safty and risk free,and the transaction comments immediatly i hear from you.
BestRegard,
Mr.Calos James.
N/B: I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extra ordinarily confidential to ensure success what ever your decision might be while I wait for your prompt
response .
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