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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 FRANK OKOLO" <frankokolo1@ecobankofnigplc.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:38:31 +0000
Subject: Happy new year
From The Desk Of
THE MANAGER CREDIT AND
FOREIGN BILLS OF ECOBANK
OF NIGERIA
TEL: 234 8033 784 741
PLEASE REPLY TO frankokolo_2004@yahoo.co.uk
DEAR SIR,
MY NAME IS MR.FRANK OKOLO, THE MANAGER CREDIT AND
FOREIGN BILLS OF ECOBANK OF NIGERIA .I AM WRITING IN
RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK WITH ACCOUNT
NUMBER 14-255-2004/utb/t WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH
[ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE 961] WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD.
SIR, SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER I PERSONALLY
HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT
OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS COME
TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF USD15.5 M, [FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS] HAS BEEN WITH
MY BANK FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED
TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF
KIN AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO BE THE NEXT OF KIN. AND
THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO
STAY MORE THAN FOUR YEARS, BECUASE AFTER FOUR YEARS
THE ACCOUNT WILL BE DECLARED DORMANT AND THE MONEY
FORFEITED TO THE BANK.
IN VIEW OF THIS, I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO ACT AS
THE NEXT OF KIN. THE REQUEST OF A FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF
KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT
THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER. I AGREED THAT 30% OF
THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN
RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE THE REST WILL
BE FOR ME.
THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT . THEREFORE TO FACILITATE THE IMMEDIATE
TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS ARRANGED, YOU
MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO THE
DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND FAX
NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE
MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR
REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL THE
APPLICATION AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE. I WILL NOT FAIL
TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH
FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR
AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR
THE TRANSFER. YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AS
SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER.
TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
PLEASE REPLY TO frankokolo_2004@yahoo.co.uk
YOURS RESPECTFULLY,
MR FRANK OKOLO.
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