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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: "Abdul Haruna" <dulha@di-ve.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dulha1@di-ve.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 04:07:27 +0100
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE
Dear Sir,
I know this letter would come to you as a surprise,
it is in respect of the confidence I have after
praying for reliable business partner. I came
across your contact in my late friends file and I
believe we could establish a cordial business
relationship.
I am a Abdul Haruna, the Head of Credit and Account
Department of Bond Bank Nig. Ltd. I write in
respect of a foreign Customer's Account in our bank
and also to enquire if you have the facilities to
effect a Transfer and handle a huge amount of money
if transferred to your account. The owner of the
account in question is dead, and it was very
unfortunate that he did not specify anybody as the
beneficiary in his mandate given to our bank.Since
his death, nobody has come to lay claim for the
money in this account, and all the several
enquiries made by me and my investigators to
locate any relative of the account owner were
unsuccesful. The account has been dormant for a
very long time now, and the banking rule here does
not allow unclaimed dormant domiciliary accounts
to stay for a period of more than four years,
otherwise it will be recalled to the Treasury.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and
securing the wealth left behind in this account
because the bank's management have issued notice
that after two months from now, the fund will be
recalled to the treasury if nobody comes up for
the claim. Since I could not locate any of the
deceased relative, I seek for your co-operation
to use your name and particulars as the next of
kin to the deceased and the beneficiary of the
fund so that the proceed of this deposit valued
at US$36,000,000.00 will be released to you.
This will enable us to send the money to an
offshore account that will be provided by you
for sharing.
In view of the above, I implore you to join me to
lay claim to this deposit as the next of kin to
the Deceased. There is no risk involved in the
business as you will be given all vital
information about the deposit ingredients, and I
guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement. It is good for you to
know that I have done my homework very well about
the successful transfer of this fund and all
modalities have been put in place for a hitch-free
operation. Please note that your surname does not
affect anything as a next of kin need not be a
direct relative of the deceased, It is a legally
binding law in the constitution of any country,
Therefore, your nationality should not be a
problem too.
For your assistance I have agreed to give you 30%
of theTotal sum at the conclusion of this
transaction while 65% would be for me and the
remaining 5% would be for charity and any form of
expenses that may be incurred by both parties
during the course of the transaction which would
be given to us when the money is transferred into
your account before splitting the balance on the
agreed percentage of 65% to 30%.
I will prepare a binding agreement which will be
signed by both parties as soon as you show your
willingness to assist me and assure me that you
are trustworthy and would be able to handle this.
I am looking forward to your reply no matter your
decission. Also endeavour to send your phone and
fax numbers for easy communication.
Yours Sincerely,
Abdul Haruna.
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