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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: abiolamartins@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:02:45 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sir/Madam?=
Sir/Madam,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this by virtue
of its nature as being utterly 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 day.
We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as
we have been reliably informed of your discreetness and ability in transaction
of this nature.Let me start by introducing myself properly to you.
Iam Abiola Martins, an accountant with Wema bank 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 and co-operation.
THE POSITION OF THE FUND:
A foreigner, a national of your country who was an oil merchant with the
Federal Government of Nigeria,until his death three years ago in Kenya Air
Bus (A310 - 300) Flight KQ430, Banked with us at Wema Bank Plc,Lagos and
has a closing balance as at the end of Sept. 2000 worth US$16.5M (sixteen-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 Wema Bank plc to get in touch with
any of the deceased'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
dead man's 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.
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 the
dead man so that the fund US$16.5 million will be released and paid into
your account as the beneficiary's next of kin.
All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked
out.We have been ordered to locate any of the deceased's beneficiary and
more so we are assuring you that the transaction is 100%risk free.
Your share of the total sum of the fund is 40%, while the rest will 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.
If this proposal is acceptable by you,indicate by sending the informations
below:
1]Your full name
2]Your house adress
3]your telephone and fax numbers
Send your reply to my private email address
at [abiolamartins10@hotmail.com].
Have my best regards and God bless you.
Abiola Martins.
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