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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: "DR .ALBERT BUCKNOR MADU." <albert_citibank05@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: citibank_albert@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:16:47 -0800
Subject: GLAD TIDINGS.
Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being
urgent.
CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.
Though I know 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 transaction.
We have decided to contact you by e-mail due to the urgency of this transaction, as we have been reliably informed of it's swiftness and confidentiality.For the purpose of introduction.I am Dr.Albert.B. madu, Head, Banking Operations, Citi Bank Plc, in charge of personal and corporate accounts.
I came to know of you in my private chat for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
A foreigner, late Gil Stanley, an Engineer with B.MARTINS COOPERATION now been folded and none existance, until his death three years ago in a ghastly auto crash along side his wife, banked with us here at citi Bank PLC Lagos, and had a closing balance of USD$19.7M (Nineteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) which the bank now unquestionably expects to be claimed by any of his available foreign next of kin or alternatively be donated to a discredited trust fund. Fervent valuable efforts are being made by the Bank to get in touch with any of the Gil family or relatives but allhave proved to no avail.
In order to avert this negative development, i now seek for your permission to have you stand as late Engr.Gil next of kin so that the fund, USD$19.7m would be subsequently transferred and paid into your bank account as the beneficiary next of kin.
All documents and proves to enable you get this fund as the real next of kin will be duely handled by a lawyer on your behalf and we are assuring you a 100% risk free involvement.
Your share would be 30% of the total amount,5% has been set aside for refunds of expenses that will be incurred in the process of this business while the rest would be for myself for investment purposes in your country orany country of your choice where the returns on investment will be optimal.
If this proposal is acceptable to you and you do wish to take advantage of the trust we hope to bestow on you and your company, then kindly get to me immediately via my e-mail (citibank_albert@yahoo.co.in)furnishing me with:
1.Your most confidential telephone and Fax number.
2.Your full names and address.
3.Your full banking details where you will want the
funds to be transfered into.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.I wait for your immediate and kind response to enable us move forward.
Regards,
Dr.Albert.B. Madu.
Head Banking Operations.
City Bank Plc.
Lagos.
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