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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: danbabatanko000007@tiscali.co.uk
Reply-To: danbaba247@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:16:19 +0100
Subject: CAN WILL DO BUSINESS
Dear Sir/Madam
I would like to begin by way of introduction; My name is Danbaba Tanko,
a native of Nigeria. I am a senior
employee of Nigerian Department of Energy and Mineral Resources. You were
introduced to us in confidence
through the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce and Foreign trade division.
I am writing this letter to solicit your co-operation in order to redeem
an investment currently held under
trust with the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources of Nigeria. The
said investment now valued
at USD$26.426M (Twenty six million, four hundred and twenty six thousand
American dollars), was originally
purchased by one Mr. Dwight Ausserer, and leased to the Transvaal Orange
Mining Corporation in 1977.
Since the maturity of this contract in September 1997,several attempts have
been made without success to
contact Mr. Dwight Ausserer or any of his close relatives, in whose favuor
the investment cash value
can be paid.
My partner, who is the Account Director in the same Ministry and I, have
initiated the process of filing a
claim for this money with the hope of having the funds transferred to you.
In order to do this, we will swear
an affidavit in the High Court of my country stating that you are a distant
cousin and next of kin to Mr.
Dwight Ausserer the owner of the money. After which, we will file a claim
for this money from the
Department of Energy and Mineral Resources, indicating that you were appointed
by Mr. Ausserer to be the
beneficiary of these funds. When the claim is approved you as the beneficiary
will be paid the sum of
USD$26.426M. The money will be paid directly to any bank of your choice;
you will have the responsibility to ensure
that my partner and I receive 70% of the money while you keep 25% for your
assistance.The remaining 5% will
be for incidental expenses.
I want to assure you that my partner and I are in a position to make the
payment of this claim possible
provided that you can give us very strong guarantee that our share will
be secured,
and that you will not take advantage of our position.
Be assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about in the view of
this claim. It is perfectly safe
with no risks involved, and it is not subject to any inquiry, since my partner
and I will be handling the
claim directly in Nigeria on your behalf.
I do hope my proposal is acceptable to you. Please acknowledge the receipt
of this letter, so that I can
provide you with more clarification about the claim and how we intend to
make this deal beneficial to
everyone involved.
I hope to hear from you soon,please do not forget to include your telephone
number
when replying this letter.
Yours Sincerely,
Danbaba Tanko
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