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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: "DR HENRY AKU" <drhenry_aku@yehey.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 06:22:04 -0700
Subject: DEAR FRIEND
From: DR HENRY AKU
HEAD OF OPERATIONS FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC (HQ)
LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA.
ATTENTION:
It is my humble pleasure and trust, I write this very important letter to
you, considering your capability and reputability of assisting us in the
understated business proposal,trying to know if you can be of help
irrespective of the fact that we didn't know each other before or have met
for the first time in life, I came across your contact via the international
profile in my earnest searching for a truthful/honest person to handle this
business with us. Firstly, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality in
this transaction,this is by virtue of its nature as being top secret and
confidential.I am Dr.Henry Aku, Head of Operation Unit., First Bank
Nigeria Plc (HQ) Lagos Nigeria. I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make some one whom you didn't know for the first time to feel
apprehensive, but be assured that all will be well with every involved
persons at the end of this business as it is risk free.
THE PROPOSITION :
A FOREIGNER, MR. THOMAS PETER CREEK (AN EXPARTRIATE
ENGINEER, who has a domiciliary Account with this
Bank, FIRST BANK NIG.PLC (HQ) foreign operation dept.,
MR. THOMAS. P. CREEK is an oil merchant / contractor
with Federal Government of Nigeria for many years, but
for about 3 years now from 2000 his account was
dormant without saving more money or withdrawing from the account as I use
to be, because of this development his account officer MR.ALFRED CHUKWU
reported the matter to me as the head of the dept.,upon this report that I
conducted a personal investigation by sending MR. ALFRED to the address
submitted by MR.THOMAS as of the time he opened the said account with us to
know the cause or reason of everything before the matter will be made known
to the bank in general, but pity he came back with a report to me conforming
that MR. THOMAS died some time in 2000 in a ghastly car accident in
Port-Harcourt Nigeria Oil heart city.Leaving in His account US$26.8m cash.
Now I have informed the bank authorities and board members about this matter
and after many meetings they resolved that I should contact the relatives
ornext of kin on behalf of the bank, hence is in my dept for them to file a
letter of claim, but all effort by this dept to contact any of his relations
or next of kin prove unsuccessful, the embassy of his country has tried
without success and write me on behalf of first bank suggesting that the
fund be shared to THE RED CROSS, CHILD CARE TRUST or MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME
and AIDS ORGANISATION IN AFRICA. In order to prevent the bank from diveting
this fund as unclaimed fund or sharing it as said
and my colleagues MR.ALFRED CHUKWU being MR. THOMAS`S account officer,the
banklawyer,P.R.O. Officer and the administrative Manager now seek your
assistance for you to stand as the next of kin / relation of MR.THOMAS P.
CREEK in claiming this US$26.8m. All the documents to enable you cliam this
fund will be carefully provided to you to submitt for the work out of this
claim.If this is acceptable to you, kindly contact me through my private email
henryaku@islamabad.net forward to me your telephone,fax,mobile number,
your bank detail, your full home address for easy communication as more
detail will follow up. We will be also happy to hear from you,your
percentage, immediately this fund is being remitted into your account.Note
that high degree of trust isrequired from you, not betrayal.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Dr.Henry Aku
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