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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: "PETER KALUNGA`" <peterkalunga04@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: peterkalunga01@computermail.net
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 03:48:46 -0700
Subject: THIS IS URGENT
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. peter kalunga, A director with The Standard Trust Bank Nigeria
Plc (STB). I am directly responsible for Classified Assets and Projects.
I solicit for your assistance to help me in handling a very urgent and
confidential business Transaction. I got your contact through business
registrar here, although the nature of the business was not disclosed. A new
management has recently acquired the Bank (STB) and under classified projects,
which I handled, funds were earmarked for long-term projects in the oil sector
under the old management. These funds worth US$180M have since been cleared and
released for payments to contractors, which I as the director has
already done. Meanwhile, there is a balance of US$45.5M left over from these funds,
which I want to transfer to an offshore foreign account, and I want this transfer
done within the next two weeks before the auditors of the new management
start work on the proper inventory of the bank's assets. I solicit Your Cooperation
to use your company's name to apply as the Beneficiary of these funds on
my behalf. You will in return receive 25% as compensation upon receipt
and safeguard of this fund into your account for safe custody. I shall
instruct you for further transfer of my percentage share to another account that will
be at my disposal. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter on my
e-mail address or through my personal email address and I
will bring you into the complete Detai ls of this transaction. Note, I will
professionally/ technically take care of the whole Co-ordination for
onward transfer of this fund as soon as we agree, and only trust, sincerity and transparent
honesty can make the reality of this transaction. Finally dear, I also
urge you to arrange for a five bedrooms duplex for family usage and other
investment opportunities. I wait to hear from you over your interest in
actualizing this transaction. Till I hear from you.
Mr. peter kalunga
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