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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.CLEMENT ATERE <mrclementatere@mediatechservices.com>
Reply-To: mrclementatere1@amnetsal.com
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 04:24:50 -0400
Subject: PLEASE REPLY TODAY
FROM: MR.CLEMENT ATERE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR;ATLANTIC Insurance Co. Ltd.
ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.,
Plot 12 KOGI ,LOKOJA
My Dear Friend,
I have picked-up the trust and courage to write you this letter with confidence that you are a reliable and honest person to handle this transaction ofmutual benfits with me. I am MR.CLEMENT ATERE, Executive Director in charge of Claims and Indemnity of ATLANTIC Insurance Company Ltd. I joined the
Services of the above firm in 1985. The company has a strong Asset Base of over Four Hundred and Eighty Million United States Dollars (US$480Million Dollars) and is a major force in Country's Insurance Industry and well respected/Recognised in the African Continent.
General Insurance, Marine and Life Assurance are but some of the services rendered by the company. In my capacity over the years as the Head of Claims and Indemnity Department, I have been coming across several unclaimed Life Assurance Benefits of both Foreigners, and the Entire Africans. These claims amount to several MILLIONS in International Currency Denominations. The African Insurance Law on unclaimed benefits stipulates under-seciton 7 subsection 10 cap 15 Laws of the Federation, that Once such unclaimed benefits have over stayed a maximum moratorium period of TWO years, it should be returned and forfeited to the Government treasury.
It is disheartening to learn that instead of such funds to be properly utilized by Government, some corrupt officials working in the ministry of social welfare often end up pocketing and enriching themselves with such unclaimed benefits as against humanitarian purposes they are supposed to Serve.
Recently, I came across avery huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person (ABDELDAYEM EL-KHATIB ABDULLAH). An Iraqi Citizen who was among the people that Died during the recent war in Iraq. His death occured was so unfornately because he was an Oil Magnate here in NIGERIA and he has some companies in Iraq because his Family based there. During his visit to Oversee his companies and entire Family in Iraq last year, the recent War started in Iraq and he died along with his Family. This man was our client and has a Life Assurance Policy WORTH the sum of Thirty Five Million United States Dollars (US$35,000,000.00).
Right now, the fund is lying unclaimed in our custody hence there is NO next of kin mentioned in his file and there is NO HOW we can reach any of his other relatives. All eforts made by us to establish contacts with any other of his relation has proved abortive and unsuccessful. His Assurance Policy will expire in the next few months from the date of this letter. Just last week we received an instruction from Ministry of Social Welfare to forward particulars of all unclaimed benefits that will expire in the next few months.
The assistance I require from you is quite simple, to provide an account where these funds could be transfered into in your country.
We have all Modalities set and I shall personally ensure the Affidavit of Claims by a Senior Attorney here that will ensure that all Judicial Papers will be perfected in order to officially recognise you as his Next of Kin as you can be his relative, friend or Cousin and the Money (US$35Million) will be transfered into your own bank account in your country. Once this is done, I would use my office to ensure a Hitch-Free success in transfering the funds to your nominated overseas account, which will take about Five (5) working days.
Please note, that I am moved to do this business because I am about to retire from active service and this is the only opportunity to "Make Hay While the Sun Shines". I will invest my Share of the Funds in your country. I will use my good position as in this Office to present you as his Next of Kin because you can be presented as his relative,extended brother, friend, Nephew or distant Cousin and the Money (US$35Million) will be Safely transfered into your own bank account in your country.
Regarding the mode of sharing I have agreed to concede 30% of the total sum to you provided that you maintain the absolute confidentiality of this business.5% will be set aside for expenses generally, while the remaining 65% will be for me. For any additional information you may need, contact me
urgently today via email.
All I need from you mostly is your trustworthiness, Honesty and good cooperation.Based on that, send me immediately your name, telephone numbers, office or Residential address, company name and Fax number and your Bank account particulars where the fund will be transferred into for you. Because you shall be officially regarded as the New Beneficiary/ Next of Kin of the deceased. Also I have put in place necessary machinery for a hitch free transfer of this Money to your Bank Account nominate in any part of the world.
Note that if you are Afraid of Sending me your account information, I suggestthat you Open a New Account with Zero Balance (NO MONEY INSIDE) and we shall effectively use it for this transaction provided that it can be able to Accomodate the Funds.I require you to maintain the confidentiality of this transaction because it is important due to the fact that I am still in active services to the ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY here in LOKOJA , in the AFRICAN Continent. Your earliest response to this matter is very important. I AM WAITING YOUR URGENT REPLY TODAY.
Kind Regards,
MR.CLEMENT ATERE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; ATLANTIC Insurance Co. Ltd.
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