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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: "alex okon" <alexokon@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: alexokon99@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:00:03 +0100
Subject: MR ALEX OKON
MR ALEX OKON
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS.
DEAR FRIEND,
RE: TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30.5 MILLION DOLLARS
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE
IN THIS TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE
AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I
KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE
ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED.BUT IAM ASSURING YOU
THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE
DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE
URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY
INFORMED OF YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY.
LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU.
I AM MR ALEX OKON ACCOUNTANT WITH THE UNION BANK OF
NIGERIA PLC BRANCH OFFICE LAGOS. I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT
YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE
PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION AS WE
ARE STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE. THE PROPOSITION. AN
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL, LATE ENGINEER BUTCHR.MIGUEL, AN
OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA, UNTIL HIS DEATH FIVE YEARS AGO IN A GHASTLY
AIR CRASH IN AN EGYPT AIR, FLIGHT 990 WHICH OCCURED ON
2ND NOVEMBER 1999,BANKED WITH US HERE AT UNION BANK OF
NIGERIA. MARINA BRANCH LAGOS, AND HAD A CLOSSING
BALANCE OF US$30.5M(THIRTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) IN A FIXED DEPOSIT
ACCOUNT, WHICH THE BANK UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS IT TO
BE CLAIMED BY ANY AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE
LATE BENEFICIARY OR ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO A
DISCREDITED TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND
AMMUNITIONS AT THE MILITARY WAR COLLEGE IN KADUNA
STATE HERE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. SEQUEL TO THIS,
FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS WERE MADE BY UNION BANK OF
NIGERIA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE MIGUEL? FAMILY
OR RELATIVES BUT PROVED TO NO AVAIL.IT IS BECAUSE OF
THE PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE
ANY OF THE LATE ENGR.BUTCH R. MIGUEL'S NEXT-OF-KIN (HE
HAD NO KNOWN WIFE AND CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MAJOR-GENERAL
KALU(Rtd), THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE FOR THE FUND TO
BE DECLARED"UN-CLAIMABLE" AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE DONATED
TO THE TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND
AMMUNITON TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN
AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS
CRUDE AND NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY TRUSTED
COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU
STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR. BUTCH R.MIGUEL,
SO THAT THE FUND US$30.5M WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT-OF KIN.ALL
DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND
WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND MORESO AS
PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF 100%
RISK-FREE INVOLVEMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST
WILL BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY. NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION
WILL STRICTLY BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS I HAVE STATED BELOW, AS WE HAVE HEARD
CONFIRMED CASES OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATES RUNNING AWAY
WITH FUNDS KEPT IN THEIR CUSTODY WHEN IT IS FINALLY
REMITTED INTO THIER BANK ACCOUNTS.A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE
IS THE ONE OF MR. PETER HOPWOOD,THE PRESIDENT OF
MILEAGE TRADING AND INVESTMENT COMPANY AT NUMBER
121,WEST 55TH STREET,21st FLOOR,NEW YORK 10022, AND
THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF OMPADEC(MR PATRICK OPIA)WHOM WE
WERE RELIABLY INFORMED THAT AFTER THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 15% OF
THE MONEY WHILE THE REMAINING 85% FOR THE NIGERIAN
OFFICIALS,WITH ALL THE REMAINING DOCUMENTS SIGNED,THE
MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERED INTO MR HOPWOOD'S ACCOUNT,
ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK
AND WERE INFORMED THAT MR PETER HOPWOOD WAS NO LONGER
ON THAT ADDRESS,WHILE HIS TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
HAD BEEN RE-ALLOCATED TO SOME BODY ELSE. THIS WAS HOW
THEY LOST US$18.5M TO MR HOPWOOD. THIS IS A VERY
RECENT STORY HERE IN MY COUNTRY AND EVERYBODY IS AWARE
OF THIS.SOME OF THE OFFICIALS DECIDED TO CRY OUT AND
FACE THE LAW, BECAUSE THEY FELT
THEY HAD LOST SO MUCH TO A STRANGER,WHILE THE CHAIRMAN
OF COMPADEC(MR PATRICK OPIA) IS NOW HIDDING IN A
FORIEGN COUNTRY.SO RIGHT NOW, I AM TAKING ALL
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST RE-OCCURENCE
OF SUCH ACT IN OUR CASE.THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DECIDED
THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:-
(a) OUR CONVICTION OF YOUR TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY AND
DILIGENCE.
(b) THAT YOU WILL TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST
SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
(c) YOU MUST BE READY TO PRODUCE US WITH ENOUGH
INFORMATION ABOUT
YOURSELF TO PUT OUR MINDS AT REST.
(d) THAT UPON RECIEPT OF THE FUND, YOU WILL PROMPTLY
RELEASE OUR SHARE ON
DEMAND AFTER YOU HAVE DEDUCTED YOUR 20%.YOUR URGENCY
WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED,
AS WE ARE ALREDY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THIS FINANCIAL
QUATER. IF THIS PROPOSAL
IS ALRIGHT BY YOU, THEN KINDLY GET TO ME
IMMEDIATELY.THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR
COOPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR ALEX OKON
(Chief Accountant)
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
MARINA BRANCH LAGOS.
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