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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: "MAGNUS OBI" <ubank_un@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:26:01 -0800
Subject: NOTIFICATION
ATTN: CEO/MD
WROM: DULHPQQWOYIYZU
UNION BANK PLC
EMAIL:ubank_un@yahoo.com </ym/Compose?To=EMAIL:ubank_un@yahoo.com>
DEAR FRIEND,
May it not be a surprised to receive this letter from me, considering the fact that you do not know me. First I must seek for your understanding and pray that God will give you the wisdom to understand my problem and be in a position to help as you will be surely blessed as you help.
I am Magnus OBI I,I am 62 Years old and also the chief accountant with Union Bank Nig PLC . I have a transaction which I think will be of mutual benefit to both of us. In my desire for a foreign partner with whom to do this transaction, I stumbled on your contact from a business directory. As the head of accounts department of EBNP, I discovered some amount of money while I was auditing accounts for the 2002 financial year which has been lying there for over 3 years. On further inquiry, I discovered that this money totaling about USD$8.5 Million (Eight Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) including accumulated interest which belonged to one American National who lived here and died without providing anybody to claim the money. This man died through a plane crash of EAS airlines in 2002.
I have Successfully secured the money and with the assistance of my colleague, the money has been moved out of my bank and deposited in a security company. It was packed in three (1) metal trunk box as photographic materials. I would need your particulars to enable me prepare documents which will authenticate that the Consignment belongs to you as the next of kin to the deceased and to enable you claim the money since nobody has come to claim the money, because according to the law here if by the end of this year nobody comes up for the money it will be deposited into the government account. I want to be assured of a safe account where the money will be deposited pending my arrival.
This transaction is absolutely risk free with no legal complications as we have made arrangements to secure all the legal documents that will free us from any litigation, I have made all necessary arrangements with the security company, that as soon as i get your confirmation of interest in this venture, we shall put in all the necessary paper which ,will authorize the security company to lift the funds out of here to their offshore security company somewhere in Europe or Asia where you will travel to claim the funds. Before this money is entrusted into your care, you must assure me that the following terms listed below will be maintained between us.
1.BOTH PARTIES WILL NOT FOR ANY REASON CHEAT EACH OTHER.
2.BOTH PARTIES WILL WORK TOGETHER TO SEE THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH.
3.A HIGH DEGREE OF TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY WILL BE APPLIED FOR THE SAKE OF OUR WORK.
4.I AND MY PARTNER WILL BE STRONGLY BY YOUR SIDE AS YOU CLAIM THIS FUND AND I AND MY PARTNER WILL ARRANGE AN ATTORNEY (LAWYER) WHO WILL WORK ON YOUR BEHALF TO GET THE NECESSARY PAPERS NEEDED FOR A SMOOTH TRANSACTION.
5.YOU WILL NOT DISAPPEAR WITH OUR FUND AFTER YOU HAVE CLAIMED IT. 6.DISBURSEMENT RATIO WILL BE 70% FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUE,30% FOR YOU.
Finally I want you to note that we are going to spend money where necessary to make this venture work out successfully. There is need for you to confirm your interest in this transaction immediately as to enable us finalize this issue as soon as possible. I must let you know that a high degree of trust is required and also we will like to use our own share to going to any lucrative business with your help/assistance. Please reply through, email, ubank_un@yahoo.com </ym/Compose?To=ubank_un@yahoo.com> Awaiting your urgent response now.
Yours Faithfully
MR MAGNUS OBI
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