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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: issasule@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:22:34 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20GET=20BACK=20TO=20ME?=
Dear SIR,MRS
Please permit me to contact you through this medium. I know that the contents
of this email may make you apprehensive especially since it is coming from
a forienger,well I look forward to your earliest reply.
I am Mr. ISSA MOHAMMED, an accounts officer with Standard Trust Bank PLC,Marina
Branch, Lagos-Nigeria.I have urgent and private business proposition for
you. On May 4Th 2002, an Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Mobil Oil Nigeria
Ltd., Mr. N. Bridge, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months valued at US$14,000,000 (fourTeen Million United States Dollars)in
my branch. I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got
no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally I discovered from
his contract employers the Mobil Oil Nigeria Ltd that Mr.N.Bridge died on
air crash in ADC Airline going to Abuja our Federal Capital Territory.On
further investigation, I found out that he died without making his "WILL",
and all attempts to trace hIS next of kin was fruitless. Further investigation
also revealed that he did not declare any next of kin or relations in all
his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank.
This sum of US$14,000,000.00 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. According to Nigeria law, at the
expiration of 5(Five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my
proposal is that I would want you to act as the next of kin to Mr. Nicholas
Bridge since you share the same last name with him (and you will be presented
as the next of kin) so that his estates will be transferred and paid to
you. A bank account in any part of the world,which you will provide will
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary. The money
will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me
and 40% for you and my plan is to invest my own share of the money into
real estate and stocks in your country. I decided to give you this percentage
in order to motivate you and also to let you feel satisfied at the end of
this transaction. I assure you that this transaction would protect you from
any breach of law and I hope that it will be of mutual benefit to both of
us. Therefore I will like you to provide me with your full name, direct
telephone and your personal address to enable me commence the process that
will put you in place as the next of kin.I would wait to read from you.I
am yours truly
MR ISSA MOHAMMED
YOU CAN EMAIL ME WITH THE MAIL BELOW
ISSA_MOHA2001@YAHOO.CO.UK
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