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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: "johnson edema" <johnson_edema@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnson_edema@e-milio.com
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 03:35:43 -0700
Subject: johnson
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Johnson Ako Edema the manager of bills and Exchange at the
Foreign Remittance Department of the Zenith Bank of Nigeria Plc. I am
writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of $15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his wife on November 1998 in a ADC Plane crash, Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and put claims for this money, because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your account as the next of kin to the deceased and the beneficiary of the fund, since no one as came for it or discovered that he maintained such account with our bank, but if nobody have come for the claim that means the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund. These was why we contacted you.
We have agreed that our sharing will be as stated thus: 20% for you as the next of kin, 70% for us the officials in my department and 10% for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by us and you during the course of this business. Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues will come to your country for the collection of our share. It is from our 70% we intend to invest in (estate) and import Agricultural Machinery?s into my country as a way of recycling the fund.
To commence on this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax number full name and address and your bank account details to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature. I look forward to receiving your prompt response. You can also reach me on my second email address, johnson_edema@e-milio.com.
This very deal is risk free, if you have any question please go ahead and ask me.
Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Johnson Edema.
Please reply to this email address johnson_edema@e-milio.com
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