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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: emekaduru22@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:20:17 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20=20REPLY?=
Best regards
EMEKA DURU
GULF BANK OF NIGERIA PLC PROPOSAL
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this by virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though Iknow
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as
we have been reliable informed of your discreetness and ability in transaction
of this nature. Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. Iam
emeka duru , credit officer with Gulf Bank Nigeria plc, Lagos. I came to
know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle
this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum of
money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
THE PROPOSITION:A foreigner, an american, late Engr. John Waley (Snr)an
oil merchant with the Federal Government of Nigeria,until his death months
ago in Kenya Air Bus (A310 - 300) Flight KQ430, Banked with us at Gulf Bank
Nigeria Plc, Lagos and has a closing balance as at the end of Sept. 2000
worth US$66.5M (sixty-six million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars),the
bank now expects a next of kin as a beneficiary .valuable efforts are being
made by the Gulf Bank of Nigeria to get in touch with any of the Waley's
family or relatives but to no success.It is because of the perceived possibility
of not being able to locate any of the late Engr. John Waley (Snr). Next
of kin (He had no wife or children that is known to us].The management
under the influence of our chairman and members of the board of directors,that
arrangement has been made for the fund to be declared Unclaimed and subsequently
be donated to the trust fund for arms and ammunition to further enhance
the course of war in Africa and the world in general. In order to avert
this negative development,some of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your
permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Engr.John Waley(Snr)so
that the fund US$66.5 million will be released and paid into your account
as the beneficiarys next of kin.
All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked
out.We have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of
the deceased beneficiarys, and more so we are assuring you businessis 100%riskfree
involvement.Your share stays while the rest be for myself and my colleagues
for investment purpose,according to agreement within both parties.As soon
as we receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance
of our mutual business proposal,we would furnish you with the necessary
modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both parties without any conflict.If
this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the trust
we have bestowed in you.
Your can also get back to me via my private mail box is emekaduru33@yahoo.com
Best regards,
EMEKA DURU
Phone=234-805-626-1056
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