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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: umardede@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 02:42:21 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Friend=2CYour=20Response?=



EKO COMMUNITY BANK
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL:umardede01@zipmail.br
Dear Sir,
Compliment of the day
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
First, I must solicit your
confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being
CONFIDENTIAL and TOP
SECRET. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any
one apprehensive but I
am assuring 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 reliably informed of your honesty
and ability in a
transaction
of this nature. Let me first start by introducing myself properly to you.
I am Umar Dede, an account officer with the Eko Community Bank,Lagos Nigeria.I
came to know of
you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this
confidential
transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
account.
THE PROPOSITION: A foreigner, Late Engineer Mr. Tom A. Andrew, an Oil Merchant/Contractor
with the federal government of Nigeria, until his death a some time ago
in an air crash, banked
with us and had a closing balance as at the end of September, 2000 worth
USD15.5m (Fifteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar) which the bank now
expects a next of kin to
claim
as beneficiary. Valuable efforts have been made by the Bank, to get intouch
with any of his
immediate family or relatives but there has been no success.
It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
Late his next-of-kin
(he had no wife nor children that is known to the bank).That the management
under the influence
of our Managing Director Chairman,Board of Directors, Eddy Madu, requested
that arrangement be
made for the funds to be declared "UNCLAIMABLE" and to be subsequently donated
to the trust fund
for arms /ammunitions to further enhance the course of war in Africa and
the world in general.
In order to prevent this, some of my trusted colleagues and I, now seek
your permission to have
you stand as his next-of-kin so that the fund USD15.5m would be released
and paid into your
account as the beneficiary (next-of-kin).
All documents to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out.
This proposal is 100% risk-free. We have agreed that the fund be shared
thus, after it must have
been transferred into your account.
1) 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
fund.
2) 10% will be set aside for reimbursement to both parties for any incidental
expenses that may
be incurred in the course of the fund transfer.
3) 60% to us the originators of the transaction. If this proposal is acceptable
to you, then take
advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you and your company and kindly
get to me immediately.
Please, furnish me with your most confidential telephone, fax and mobile
numbers. Also your
exclusive Bank Account particulars will be required so that I can use the
information to apply
for the release and subsequent transfer of the funds into your account.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-peration.
Yours faithfully,
Umar Dede.
Account Officer, Eko Community Bank.
NOTE: Please get back to me ONLY on my alternative box:umardede01@zipmail.br





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