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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. Nkruma"<nathy4u@tatanova.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:00:15 +0530
Subject: Confidential
FROM MR.NATHAN NKRUMA
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
P.O BO 686,
COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC
Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to you,In order to transfer
out (US$26m)Twenty Six Million United States Dollars from AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK [ADB], I have the priviledge to ask for your assistance to handle
this important and confidential business believing that you will never let
me down either now or in future.
I am MR.NATHAN NKRUMA, the MANAGER of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK [ADB]
ASSISTING GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN BENIN REPUBLIC. There is an unclaimed ADB
assisted contract money in ADB since 1990. After going through some old files in
the records, I discovered that if I do not claim and effect remittance of
this money urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner or
beneficiary of the contract sum is Mr. SMITH B.ANDREAS, a foreigner, and a miner at
KRUGER GOLD CO., a geologist by profession and he died in 1990. No other
person knows about this money or anything concerning it because MR ANDREAS
executed the contracts personally for ADB assisted projects in BENIN REPUBLIC.
Mr ANDREAS has no other beneficiary or next of kin.My investigation proved
to me as well that, the company – KRUGER GOLD CO. does not know anything
about this contract sum ($26 million). I therefore wish to transfer [USD26M]
Twenty-Six Million United States Dollars into a safe foreigner’s account abroad ,
but I don'tknow any foreigner. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner
Mr. Smith B.Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message will come
to you as a surprise as we have not met before but be assured that it is
real and a genuine-risk free business.
I only got your contact address from my secretary – a computer operator
with belief in God that you will never let me down in this business. You are
the only person that I have contacted. Please reply urgently so that I will
inform you the next step to take. Send also your private telephone and fax
numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the transfer.
I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement so that you
can receive this money into a foreign account or any safe account of your
choice. I will fly to your country for withdrawals, sharing and other
investments. NB: I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with
foreign account and as a foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the
management of ADB is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has
correct information of this contract sum which I will give to you immediately
if you are able and capable of handling such amount in strict confidence,
trust and according to my instructions/ advice for our mutual benefit. This
is because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need
truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistakes. I need
your strong assurance and trust.
With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money
will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing.I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me
face to face after which I will make the remittance in your presence and two
of us will fly to your country - at least two days ahead of the money
going into your account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa
immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your
account. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms
from the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will receive 35% of the total
amount as commission, 60% will be for me while 5% will be for expenses both
parties might have incurred during the transfers. I look forward to your urgent
reponse.
Yours Truly,
MR.NATHAN NKRUMA
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