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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. Martins Aku" <ma59@handbag.com>
Reply-To: maku_01@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:28:12 +0100
Subject: Hello
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
# 16 OBIOMA STREET,
G. R A, ENUGU,
ENUGU STATE.
NIGERIA.
ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT
In order to transfer (USD$56 Million Dollars) from our bank, I have the
courage to ask you to look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable of this important business believing that you will not me down.
I am MR. MARTINS AKU the eastern district bank manager of united bank for
Africa plc (UBA). There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since
1990 nobody has operated on this account again. After intensive investigations,
I discovered that if I do not find a way to get the amount in question stacked
out somewhere safe urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner
of this account, ENGR. SMITH U. WILLIAMS, a foreigner, the manager of Petro-
technical support services, a chemical Engineer by profession and he died
in 1990 and no other person knows about this account or any other beneficiary.
My investigations prove to me as well that this company does not know anything
about this account and has no attachment to the said amount. The amount
involved is 56 MILLION USD (FIFTY-SIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY.
In the light of the fact, I needed your assistance to open your door to
this opportunity by providing your account or any account of your choice
where the fund will be remitted. I want to transfer this money into a safe
foreigner?s account abroad but I don?t know any one who could actually assist,
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can only be approved
to a foreign account because the money is in US Dollars and the owner of
the account ENGR. SMITH U. WILLIAMS and a foreigner too.
I know that this mail will come as surprise to you as we don?t know ourselves,
but be sure that is for real. I got your contact on the believing that you
will not let me down in this business. You are the only person that I have
contacted for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will let
you know what steps to take next. Send also your private telephone, fax
and mobile number for easy communication including the full details of the
account to be used for the deposit. I am contacting you because of the need
to involve a foreigner with foreign account. I need your full co-operation
to make this work out alright.
Your assistance as foreigner is necessary because the management is ready
to welcome any person, a foreigner who has correct information of this account,
which I will give to you immediately, if you are interested to conclude
this transaction with me. If your are capable of handling such amount in
strict confidence, keeping to my instructions I need a sincere person for
this venture because I don?t want to make mistake, I need your strong assurance
that this money will be intact pending my arrival in your country for sharing.
You should be informed strictly that I will burn all the documents in your
presence immediately after this money has been remitted to your account
leaving no trace to any place.
I will apply for annual leave immediately I hear from you that you are ready
to act and receive this fund in your account. This is to enable me use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals for onward transfer of
this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries
and foreign exchange department.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the total amount,
70% will be for us and 10%for any expenses incurred during the transaction.
I look forward to your earnest reply.
Yours truly,
MR. MARTINS AKU
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