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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: "ole wasmuth" <wasmuth@ny.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:55:43 -0800
Subject: wasmuth seeking............................
FROM:MR. OLE. M. WASMUTH
CENTRE POINT BANK NIGERIA PLC
VICTORIA ISLAND.
LAGOS NIGERIA.
WEBSITE: www.centrepointbank.com
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: ole_wasmuth@yahoo.com
FROM: MR. OLE M. WASMUTH (JOINT BUSINESS VENTURE IN YOUR COUNTRY)
PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL WANT YOU TO REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
ole_wasmuth@yahoo.com
DEAR Freind,
MY NAME IS MR. OLE M. WASMUTH, ONE OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE POINT
BANK.I AM WRITTING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF OUR BANK,(MR. AND
MRS. DUFFY PATRICKS), WHO PERISHED IN THE PLANE CRASH OF 31 OCTOBER
1999[WITH EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990] WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD.
DEAR FRIEND, SINCE THE DEMISE OF MR PATRICK, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH
HIS NEXT OF KEEN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM
HER FUNDS OF USD 25. 8M, [ TWENTY FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS] WHICH IS THE AMOUNT WE ARE DUE TO PAY THE NEXT OF KIN. ON THIS
NOTE, I HAVE DECIDED TO SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME ACTUALISE MY
INTENTION OF DIVERTING THIS MONEY TO OUR BENEFIT.
CONSEQUENTLY, I NEED YOU TO COME FORWARD TO STAND FOR CLAIM AS HER
LEGITIMATE NEXT OF KIN. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AS I WILL USE MY
POSSITION IN COLLARBORATION WITH HER LAWER TO ALTER AND INSTATE YOU AS THE
NAMED NEXT OF KIN IN HER WILL. THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF
KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A
FOREIGNER AND A NIGERIAN CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.
I THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN
PARTNER BASED ON YOUR PROPOSED ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION, WHILE 2% WILL BE
FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WILL BE INCURED IN THE PROCESS OF THE TRANSFER AND
THE REST WILL BE FOR THE LAWYER AND ME. THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR
COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT.
UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A DRAFT
APPLICATION OF CLAIM, WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN
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 PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER. LASTLY I WILL NEED YOU TO
SEND ME YOUR NAMES IN FULL, HOME/ OFFICE ADDRESS, DIRECT PHONE/ FAX
NUMBER
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
BEST REGARDS
MR. OLE M. WASMUTH
+234-8037121135
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