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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 Johnson Taylor." <johnson_taylor@inmail24.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnson_taylor005@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:31:29 +0700
Subject: SWIFT REPLY PLZ.
Dr Johnson Taylor.
United Bank For Africa.
Ilupeju Branch ,
Lagos Nigeria.
I am Dr Johnson Taylor , 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. David Huckerby by
name made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve Calendar months
valued at US$28M.
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.David Huckerby 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$28M has been carefully moved out of my bank to a
Financial and Security Company in Asia 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
$28 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
Asia.
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 Private Mobile, Telphone and Fax numbers
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.
Regards,
Dr Johnson Taylor.
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