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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: Aeron Brown<kenbrawn_08@tatanova.com>
Date:
Subject: CALL MR AERON BROWN....
3/5 Brown & Brown
Crescent Independence
Layout Enugu State, Nigeria
Mobile- 234-803-3979688
THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O,
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD}ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS .
ATTENTION PRESIDENT/CEO,
We want to transfer to overseas account ($126,000.000.00 USD) One
hundred and twenty six million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in
Africa,I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and nhonest person who
will be capable and fit to provide either anexisting bank account or to set
up a new bank a/c immediately toreceive this money,even an empty a/c can
serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the
end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that
you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr Aeron Brown, the Auditor General of one of the prime banks here
Nigeria, during the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an
account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on
thisaccount again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered
that the owner of the account died without a [heir] hence the money is
floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for
nothing. The owner of this account is Mr.Laurie.T Pierre, a foreigner, and an
industrialist, and he died, since 1993. and no other person knows about this account
orany thing concerning it, the account has noother beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that Mr.Laurie.T Pierre until his death was the
manager Diamond Safari [pty]. Nigeria.
We will start the first transfer with twenty six million [$26,000.000]
upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of theremaining rest amount to your account. The amount
involved is (USD 126 M) One hundred and twenty six million United States Dollars
only.I want to first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty six million United States
Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest,
but I don't know any foreigner,I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid
international foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is in US
dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr.Laurie.T Pierre is a foreigner
too,and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together. I got
your contact through the research i made in the Nigerian chambers of
commerce internet bureau {N.C.C.I.B}. I am revealing this to you with believe in
God that you will never let me down in this business,you are the first and
the only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply
urgently directly through this personlised mail box{aeron_brown@indiatimes.com}
so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your
private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to
be used for the deposit.I want us to meet face to face to build confidence
and to sign a binding agreement thatwill bind us together before
transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be
safe.Before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine,Because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who hascorrect
information of this account, which I will give to you,upon your positive response
and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me down.With
my influence and theposition of the bank official we can transfer this
money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival inyour
country for sharing. The bank official will destroy all documents of
transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to
build confidence you can come immediately to discuss with me face to face
after which I will make this remittance in your presence and three of us will
fly to your country atleast two days ahead of themoney going into the
account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you
that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use
my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the
relevantministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business,
you will be given 10% of the total amount,85% will be for me, while 5% will
be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of
transferring. I look forward to yourearliest call.
Yours truly
Mr Aeron Brown.
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