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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: micheal raymond <michealray001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:27:12 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS REPLY
Good Day,
I am Mrs.MICHEALRAY, Bank Manager of Zenith Bank of
Nigeria, Lagos Branch. I have an urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you. On may 23
, 1999, an American Oil consultant/contractor with
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.
Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at US$10,000,000.00
(Ten Million Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,
we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from
his contract employers, the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Barry Kelly died from
an automobile accident. On further investigation, I
found out that he died without making a WILL, and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly did not declare any
kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$10,000,000.00 is still sitting in my
Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year.No one will
ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian
Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as
a foriegner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.
Barry Kelly so that the fruits of this old man's
labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. This is simple, I will like
you to provide immediately your full names and
address so that the Attorney will prepare the
necessary documents and affidavits which will put
you in place as the next of kin.
We shall employ the service of an Attorney for
drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain
the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor for the
transfer. A bank account in any part of the world
which you will provide will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into
your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for
me and 40% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for
this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address below. Upon your response, I shall
then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the
transaction. I will be glad to receive your reply
via my private email address:
michealray001@yahoo.co.uk
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest
assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require
your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Thanks and regards
Mrs MICHEAL RAYMOND
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