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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: "Dr Mark Smith" <drmarksmith2005@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: drmarksmith2005@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 23:31:34 +0100
Subject: Attention: Sir/Madam(You Are The Next Of Kin)
Attention: Sir/Madam(You Are The Next Of Kin)
From Dr. Mark Smith.
United Bank For Africa.
Ilupeju Branch ,
Lagos Nigeria.
I am Dr. Mark Smith , Branch Manager with United bank For
Africa,Ilupeju Branch Lagos, Nigeria. I have an urgent and very
profitable business proposition for you that should be handled with
extreme confidentiality. On January 6, 1998 a Foreign Consultant and
contractor with the Nigerian Railway Corporation Mr. Abbas Smith by
name made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve Calendar months
valued at US$22.5 Million (Twenty Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank
Policy to his forwarding addresses but got no reply. After a month we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers
Nigerian Railway Corporation that Mr. Abbas Smith died from an
automobile accident. On further investigation, we found out that he
died without making a Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin
were fruitless. I therefore made further investigations and discovered
that Mr. Abbas Gumeri did not declare any Next of kin correlations in
all his official documents including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank.
This sum of US$22.5 Million has been carefully moved out of my bank to
a Financial and Security Company in Europe for safekeeping. No one will
ever come forward to claim it and according to the Law of my country,
at the expiration Of 7 years the money will revert to the ownership of
the State (Government) If nobody applies to claim the fund. This
prompted me to contact you. I want you as the next of kin of our late
client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of
$US$22.5 Million U.S Dollars that is presently in a Financial and Security
Company in Europe. I contacted you because it is against our code of
Ethics to own and operate foreign accounts and your assistance would be
Needed to claim the money in the Financial and Security Company in
Europe.
Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being contacted
because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on behalf as the
next of kin to Mr Mr. Abbas Smith, since your last name and his last name
are the same so you will be able to stand as the next of kin, and am in possition
to bring anybody which i have chosen you.
I have unanimously agreed that 30% of the entire sum would be for you
if you agree to take part in this profitable Transaction with your
contributions and support, 60% for me while the remaining 10% would be used
to pay back the expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction
by both parties after the Fund has been claimed and lodged into your account.
In the event that you are genuinely
interested in the transaction, the following information would be
needed from you to expedite action.
1) Your Full Name:
2) Your Residential or Company Address:
3) Your Telephone Number:
4) Your Fax Number:
5) Your Mobile Number:
Where you can be reached at all time because this transaction entails
Constant communication. The transaction is 100% legal and totally free
of risks as all Modalities have been perfected to ensure the hitch free
successor the transaction. If you are interested, send the requested
information via my email box as soon as possible so that we can proceed
urgently.
I await your response Urgently.
Dr. Mark Smith.
___________________________________________________________
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