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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: "Paul Dan" <paul@citibank-ng.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:36:04 +0000
Subject: urgent respond!!!!
Dear patner,
It is indeed my pleasure to write to you this letter,which I believe will be
a suprise, as we are both
complete strangers.
I am Abdul Razaq, Bank Manager of citibank of Nigeria, Lagos Branch. I am
writing in respect of a
foreign customer of my bank with account number 0111047889 who perished in
a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on
August 6,1997.
Since the demise of this our customer,I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of USD25m,[twenty five million united states
dollars] which has been with my branch for a very long time.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry
Kelly did not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents,including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in my
Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end
of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. A In view of this I got
your contact through a trade journal after realizing that your country is
similar to the deceased. I will give you 30% of the total funds after the
succesful conclusion of this transaction.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand in
as the next of kin to Mr.Barry Kelly so that the fruits of this old man's
labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.
This is simple, I will like you to provide me immediately your full names
and address so that the
Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits, which will put
you in place as the next of kin.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction after you receive
this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail to my private mail box, signifying
your decision. Include your Full names ,private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable
for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in
your country.
Your response should be directed to my official email address:
b_onuigbo@diamondbankng.com
I await your immediate response.
regards.
Abdul Razaq
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