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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: femi1_1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 02:28:52 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?next=20of=20kin?=
From:Dr. Johnson Femi,
Credit Officer First bank Of Nigeria PLC.
First Bank Nigeria Plc.
# 3 martina Street Victoria Island
Lagos Nigeria.
Direct Line: + 234-1-8949134
Alternative email: femij1_1@yahoo.co.uk
Dear friend,
First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidenciality in this Transaction. I
am Dr. Johnson Femi, credit officer with First Bank of Nigeria PLC, Lagos.I
came to you in my private search for a reliable person to handle this confidential
transaction, which involves huge sum of money to your country.
The Proposition:
A foreigner an American, late David Clemetson who died on January 31 aboard
Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed into the Pacific Ocean not far
from Los Angeles., while returning from her country from a business trip.
She Banked with us at First Bank of Nigeria plc Lagos and had a closing
balance worth US$12.5,Million, having heard of the tragic incident involving
late David Clemetson the bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary.
Valuable efforts have been made by First Bank to get in touch with any of
his family's but I personally found out that she died with her husband and
had no child or children that is known to us.
The only name of next of kin given to us by late David Clemetson unfortunately
was with her in the same flight that crashed, and this is unknown to the
bank. I'm taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my
family, I now decided to seek your permission to have you stand as next
of kin to late David Clemetson, so that the fund (US$12.5M) will be released
into your account as the next of kin. All documents and proves to enable
you get this fund will be carefully worked out, by the lawyer that will
be employ to work on your behalf . You can take time and verify from the
website as shown herein for comfirmation of the crash,
<http://edition.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>
I am assuring you that this transaction and its procedures is 100% legal
and risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will be for myself.
The sharing of the fund between the two of us will be as follows: 30% of
the total sum will go to you for your effort and commitment to the sucess
of this transaction. 65% will be for us here and 5% maaped out to care for
unseen expences in the due process of the transaction. As soon as I receive
acknowledge of the receipt of this message in Acceptance, I will immediately
start up with the process. If this proposal is acceptable by you, kindly
call me immediately you get this mail.
I want you to also furnish me with your private telephone/fax or preferably
your mobile numbers and I will have to apply for the release and subsequent
Transfer of the fund in your favor. Please try and call me so that I will
know that you have received this mail today.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Johnson Femi
(Credit Officer, First bank Of Nigeria PLC)
Please upon your response include your private telephone and fax for further
and oral communication. You can also reach me on my private number: +234-1-8949134
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