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Fraud email example:
From: "Richard williams" <richardwilliams@bmxt.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: richardwilliams9@post.cz
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:30:33 -0700
Subject: What is your response?
MR RICHARD WILLIAMS
CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK LTD
POCKET AVENUE,INDEPENDENCE LAYOUT,
ENUGU, ENUGU STATE
NIGERIA.
EMAIL:( mr_richard_williams@yahoo.es)
ATTENSION:FRIEND
THIS IS NOT A SPAM MAIL.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I GUESS MY LETTER WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU, SINCE I HAS NO PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE 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$8 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$8.4M(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.
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