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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: "Mr. Solomon Okeke" <s_okeke@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: okeke_oceanicbank@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 01:45:51 -0700
Subject: 05.04.2005
05.04.2005
Dear Sir/Madam,
In order to transfer out the sum of $65M USD from Oceanic Bank Of Nigeria.
I wish to ask for your
assistance, believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I got your e-mail address from the e-mail directory in the internet.
I am Mr.Solomon Okeke, the Chief Auditor of Oceanic Bank Plc Nigeria. There
was an account opened in this bank in 1983 and since 1989 nobody has operated
on this account till date. After my long investigation to my greatest suprise
I came to find out that the owner of the account who is Mr. Smith B. Andreas,
a foreigner, crude oil exporter, who died in 1990. This account has no beneficiary,
infact no other person knows about this account or anything about the
account, and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does
not exist anymore in NIgeria.The amount involved is USD 52M, which i seek
your consent to transfer to a safe foreign account. I do not know any foreigner
that i can trust either than you, I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be claimed by a Nigerian because the rightful
owner of the account (Mr. Smith) is a foreigner. I know that this mail will
come to you as a
surprise as we do not know eac h other before hand. we will be needed to
sign an Agreement as a security so that we cannot betray the trust that will
be given to each other in this legitimate and joint venture, which demand
utmost secrecy and confidential.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign
beneficiary. I need your full co-operation for us to have a successful transaction.
Because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner
who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you immediately
i receive your positive reply.With my position now in the office I can authorise
the immediate transfer of this money to any foreign reliable account which
you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing and further investment. I will
destroy all documents used in this transaction immediately we must have transferred
this money to your nominated account sucessfully,so as to avoid any document
trace by any person.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa to your country immediately you
confirm me that you are
willing to assist me. I will also use my position and influence to effect
legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.At the
conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the total amount,75%
will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the process of transferring.Awaiting your urgent reply and please
do
not FORGET to include your private phone and fax numbers for easy communications.
Regards,
Mr.Solomon Okeke
+2348037506761
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