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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 henshaw Bright" <henbright2001@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: henbright2001@mail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 00:53:48 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Mr Bright Henshaw{ Manager}
Union Bank of Nig Plc
42 Agege Road,Lagos-Nigeria
Dearest,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign Remittance Department
of UNION BANK OF NIG PLC here in Nigeria, In my department we discovered
an abandoned sum of US$10.M Dollars (Ten Million US dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. williams torres, Florida)
who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guidlings and laws but fortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make tis business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed
bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and
a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision
of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during
the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country
for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable
the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first
to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your Full
name, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication
.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of application of claim. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of
fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should
contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Bright Henshaw
Manager Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
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