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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: "Richard Williams" <richard_williamsbox@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: richard_williams@email.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:50:11 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT
ATTENTION PLEASE! THIS IS NOT A SPAM MAIL. AND MAKE SURE YOU READ THE MESSAGE.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I GUESS MY LETTER WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU, SINCE I
HAS NO PREVIOUS ORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH THE FOREIGN
TRADE OFFICE OF THE NIGERIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. I STRONGLY BELIEVED,
I WOULD NOT REGRET APPROACHING YOU IN THIS MATTER. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT
I CANNOT CONTINUE LEAVING A MONOTONOUS AND UNAMBITOUS EXISTENCE; THE KIND
OF LIFE THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN LIVES, WHO HAVE NO PROSPECT
AND WHO WILL BE DOING THE SAME THING IN ANOTHER TWENTY YEARS TIME AS THEY
ARE DOING NOW.
I AM MR. RICHARD WILLIAMS, CHIEF AUDITOR-GENERAL CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK
LIMITED, ENUGU MAIN BRANCH. FOR REASONS WHICH WILL COME TO LIGHT AS YOU
READ ON. I OBTAINED YOUR ADDRESS PARTICULARLY FOR THE SAKE OF THIS BUSINESS
PROPOSITION. PLEASE EXERCISE SOME PATIENCE AND READ THROUGH MY MESSAGE.
I HAVE A VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TO PROPOSE TO YOU. ON THURSDAY
JUNE 6TH 2000, AN OIl CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE NIGERIA OIL MINISTRY,
MR. YOUSEFF ABDULLAH, AN IRAQI NATIONAL, MADE A NUMBERED TIME FIXED DEPOSIT
FOR TWELVE CALENDAR MONTHS, VALUE US$20 MILLION DEPOSIT IN MY BRANCH. ON
MATURITY, WE SENT A ROUTINE NOTIFICATION TO HIS FORWARDING ADDRESS BUT GOT
NO REPLY.
AFTER A MONTH, WE SENT A REMINDER AND FINALLY, HIS EMPLOYERS,WROTE TO INFORM
US THAT MR. ABDULLAH DIED IN AN AUTO MOBILE ACCIDENT. THAT HE DIED WITHOUT
MAKING A WILL WHILE ATTEMPT TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN THROUGH THE IRAQI EMBASSY
PROVED FRUITLESS.
AT FIRST, I WAS SURPRISED THAT I DID NOT RECEIVE MUCH OFFICIAL CO-OPERATION
IN MY ENQUIRIES IN ORDER TO TRACE HIS KIN IN IRAQ AND INFORM THEM ABOUT
MR. ABDULLAH'S DEPOSIT OF US$8.4 MIILLION PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST. FURTHER
INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MR. ABDULLAH WAS ACTIVELY OPPOSED TO IRAQ GOVERNMENT
OF LEAD BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN OF IRAQ AS A RESULT, HE WAS
DRIVEN INTO EXILE. BEING AN OIL EXPERT, MR.ABDULLAH SUBSEQUENTLY OBTAINED
A JOB IN NIGERIA HERE, AND SETTLED IN NIGERIA.
THEREAFTER HE WALKED INTO MY OFFICE TO MAKE THE AFORE-MENTIONED DEPOSIT
OF US$8 MILLION. HE DID NOT DECLARE HIS KIN IN HIS APPLICATION PAPER WORK.
WHEN I ASKED HIM, HE INFORMED ME THAT HE WISHED IT SO.IN THE CONSERVATIVE
MANNER OF OUR BANK. (MY EMPLOYER), I DID NOT TURN DOWN HIS WISH BUT RATHER
HONOURED IT ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIS HIGH NET WORTH. IN REALITY, NO ONE KNOWS
THE SOURCE OF HIS MONEY SINCE APPARENTLY, THE TIME FRAME OF HIS EMPLOYMENT
HERE DOES INDEED PRECLUDE SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IT IS THEREFORE PRESUMED THAT HE BROUGHT IN HIS MONEY FROM IRAQ ALTHOUGH
THIS IS OPEN TO SPECULATION. THE POINT HOWEVER IS THAT THE EMPLOYERS ARE
NOT AWARE OF HIS MONEY,THEREFORE ONE CAN SAFELY INFER THAT NO ONE WILL EVER
COME TO THIS MONEY. THIS FUND,TOTALLING US$8.4 M(INCLUSIVE OF ACCRUED INTEREST)
IS STILL SITTING IN MY BANKS DORMANT ACCOUNT PORTFOLIO. ACCORDING TO NIGERIA
BANKING LAWS AND ACT OF 1993,THE MONEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY REVERT TO THE
NIGERIA GOVERNMENT TREASURY AFTER FIVE YEARS, ESPECIALL IF THE ACCOUNT OWNER
IS A FOREIGNER WHO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED DEAD AND THERE IS NO VALID CLAIM,
THIS INDEED, IS THE SITUATION.
I AM THUS LOOKING FOR A FOREIGNER WHO WILL STAND-IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO
MR. ABDULLAH.IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE A BLOOD RELATION TO MR.ABDULLAH,
EITHER IS IT NECESSARY TO BEAR THE SAME SURNAME WITH HIM. IT IS EVEN NOT
IMPORTANT FOR THE STAND-IN NEXT OF KIN TO BE AN IRAQ
NATIONAL. READY, I HAVE WORKED OUT MODALITIES FOR ACHIEVING MY AIM OF APPOINTING
A NEXT OF KIN AS WELL AS TRANSFER THE MONEY ABROAD FOR US TO SHARE.
IT IS MY INTENTION TO ACHIEVE THIS TRANSFER IN A LEGITIMATE WAY BY SIMPLY
USING AND ATTORNEY(REPRESENTING YOU AS BENEFICIARY) TO EXECUTE A SERIES
OF AFFIDAVITS IN SUPPORT OF YOUR CLAIM THIS WILL BE APPROVED. THE MONEY
TRANSFER PAPER WORK ITSELF WILL INCLUDE A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN SO THAT
THE RECEIVING BANK DOES NOT ASK QUESTION OR WORSE STILL REFUSE THE FUND
ACCEPTANCE ON GROUND OF LAUNDERING. ALSO, THE PAPER WORK WILL INCLUDE PROPER
CERTIFICATION THAT THE FUND BEING TRANSFERRED IS FROM NON-CRIMINAL SOURCES.IN
SHORT THIS WILL BE A PROPER AND LEGAL MONEY TRANSFER WITH APPARENTLY NO
RISK INVOLVED! THE ATTORNEY WILL HAVE TO PROCESS THE INITIAL PAPER WORK
TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE PROBATE REGISTRY OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
FOR THE LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION EMPOWERING YOU AS THE SOLE TRUSTEE/EXECUTOR
TO THE ESTATE OF MR. ABDULLAH.
IF YOU THEREFORE AGREE TO BE THE OFFICIAL BENEFICIARY,THEN PLEASE NOTE THAT
YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO SIGN ANY MONEY RANSFER DOCUMENTS, AS THE APPOINTED
ATTORNEY WILL DO ALL THAT. ALSO, YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO VISIT NIGERIA.I
WILL ALSO NEED THE ABOVE INFORMATION ONCE I HAVE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION
AS ABOVE, I WILL INITIATE THE PROCESSING OF THE TRANSFER, AND IN ABOUT TEN
(10)WORKING DAYS, THE FUND WILL BE IN YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT FOR US
TO SHARE IN THE RATIO OF: 65%FOR ME 30% FOR YOU WHILE 5% HAS BEEN SET ASIDE
FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES.
THE TRANSACTION IS GUARANTEED TO SUCCEED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. AS SOON AS
I HEAR FROM YOU, I SHALL PROVIDE YOU WITH FURTHER CLARIFICATION THAT YOU
MAY NEED. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR URGENT REPLY. BEST WISHES, MR. RICHARD
WILLIAMS NOTE:IN THE EVENT YOU ARE NOT WILLINGLY TO ASSIST, KINDLY NOTIFY
ME TO PREVENT ME FROM MAKING FURTHER CONTACT.
If you are interested to do this business with me, please this is the
text of the application just to be typed on your letter headed paper
and email or fax to this department immediately with our company contact
information
Date (current) Foreign Operation Dept. - AUDITOR-GENERAL CONTINENTAL TRUST
BANK LIMITED, ENUGU MAIN BRANCH.ATTN: THE DIRECTOR GENERAL. APPLICATION
FOR THE RE-TRANSFER OF U.S $20 MILLION DOLLARS THAT BELONGS TO MR. YOUSEFF
ABDULLAH DEPOSITED INTO YOUR BANK. Sir. this is to draw
your attention on this issue. With your good position in your office, Sir,
I request you to immediately consider my Application for the transfer of
U.S $20 million dollars been deposited by MR. YOUSEFF ABDULLAH who died
in an AUTO MOBILE CCIDENT.
I am standing in his stead to claim his money here in my country, legally
and officially, as next of kin to him. You should please transfer to my
Bank Account.
Thanks for your co-operation
Yours faithfully,
Write your name and sign)
...................................................... ...................................
Immediately you indicate your interest in this business, please type
this Application and fax it to me. As soon as the director general of
that department receive this Application from me, within seven (7) days
you will receive this money in your country through Telegraphic transfer
(T.T) and immediately, we will travel to your country to collect our own
share. Thanks for your understanding.
Looking forward to your response.
Best regard,
MR. RICHARD WILLIAMS,
__________________________________________________________________
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