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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: martins49@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:01:21 +0100
Subject: GREETING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!!
FROM THE DESK OF MARTINS OLUSEGUN
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA, BIG, STRONG,RELIABLE!
DIRECTOR CREDIT CONTROL DEPT.
PRIVATE EMAIL: martinsolusegun4@netscape.net
I am Mr Martins Olusegun, a Staff with Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc,Marina
Branch, Lagos Nigeria.
I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you that should
be handled with extreme confidentiality.
On January 6,1997 a Foreign Consultant and contractor with the Nigerian
Railway Corporation Mr. Theophilous Baker name made a numbered time Fixed
Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$4.5M (Four Million, Five
Hundred United States Dollars Only) in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank
policy to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers Nigerian Railway Corporation that Mr. Theophilous Baker died from
an automobile accident.
On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a Will
and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigations and discovered that Mr. Theophilous Baker did not
declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
No one will ever come forward to claim it and according to the Law of my
country, at the expiration of 7 years the money will revert to the ownership
of the State (Government) if nobody applies to claim the fund.
This prompted Me to contact you.I want to front you as the next of kin
of our late client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of
$4.5 million U.S Dollars that is presently in a my Bank.
I contacted you because it is against our code of ethics to own and operate
foreign accounts and your assistance would be needed to claim the money
so that my Bank can tranfer this money to your Nominated Account in your
Country.
I have unanimously agreed that 25% of the entire sum would be for you if
you agree to take part in this profitable transaction,65% for me while the
remaining 10% would be used to pay back the expenses that may be incurred
during the course of the transaction by both parties after the fund has
been claimed and lodged in your account.
In the event that you are genuinely interested in the transaction,the
following information would be needed from you to expedite action.
1) Your Full Name .
2) Your Residential or Company Address.
3) Your Private Mobile,Telphone and Fax numbers where you can be
reached at all time because this transaction entails constant communication.
The transaction is 100% legal and totally free of risks as all
modalities has been perfected to ensure the hitch free success of the transaction.
If you are interested, send the requested information via email as soon
as possible so that we can proceed.
I await your response urgently.
Regards,
Mr Martins Olusegun.
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