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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: "Dr. Phillip Oscar" <phillip_oscar@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: phillip_oscar111@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:44:03 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
Dear Friend,
Compliments of the day!
I got your contact on my private search for a reliable and trusted person
to handle a transaction of this nature. I know that the contents of the
mail might sound so strange, but I want to assure you that every word of
it is true. I am the Director of Operation of Union Bank Plc.
We had a customer,a Foreigner (Swedish) resident in Nigeria. He was a contractor
to one of the government parastatals. He has in his account with my bank
the sum of US15m Unfortunately, the man died a year ago and has been buried.
Our banking law implies that upon the death of a customer, all deposit of
the customer shall be transferred to his nearest next of kin. It was however,
surprising to us that since his death, no one has come to claim his fund
as his next of kin. We have equally made several attempts to locate any
possible next of kin to the man, but to no avail. Until today,the fund still
remain unclaimed.
Consequently, I want to inform you that since the funds have remained unclaimed,it
is my intention to retrieve the money. But due to our banking policy,I cannot
personally retrieve the money as I occupy a high position in the banking
industry.
I Dr. Phillip Oscar was conferred with the National Honor of Member of the
Order the Federal Republic[MFR} by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This
award is an affirmation of my high level of professionalism and ethical
standard, as well as my other contributions to the society at large. So
an attempt by me to retrieve the funds personally will be a serious jeopardy
of my integrity in office as everybody and the government has held me to
a high esteem, as evident in the MFR award recently conferred on me. Having
noticed this, I in collaboration with another top executive of the bank,Mr.
Godwin Duru who was recently elevated to the position of Deputy Managing
Director have perfectly covered up the account till this moment otherwise
it would have been frozen.
Our intention now is to front you as the next of kin to the deceased customer
so that the money will be paid to you. We will use our position, authority
and influence in the bank to actualize this, getting all necessary internal
and external documentation to back up your being fronted as the next of
kin. This is therefore assuring you that there is no risk whatsoever involved
in this transaction.
What we need now is your response of your interest to participate.Thereafter
we will furnish you with the details of the procedure.As soon as you receive
this message,kindly get back to me indicating your interest, them I will
furnish you with the whole procedure to ensure you that this deal is successfully
concluded.
For your assistance, we have agreed to give you 20 percent of the total
sum. Time is of great essence to us in this transaction;hence you are expected
to get back to us immediately on your participation so that we can move
ahead. In the case you decide not to participate, we solicit that you equally
get back to us to save us time so that can contact another person.
Considering, the nature of this transaction and our position in office we
ask that you try to keep this transaction secret between only us.
You can reach me on my private email address: phillip_oscar111@yahoo.com
I await your response.
Regards,
Dr. Phillip Oscar
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