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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 STEVE ABBAS" <steve101@portafree.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:32:06 -1200
Subject: FROM DR STEVE ABBAS
GREETINGS!!!!
I am very sure that this message will be a very
suprising letter to you since we have not made
any business relationship before.I am only
contacting you for this important business because
I have no other means of doing it unless I
am supported by a foreigner who will make claims
of the Money.
We want to transfer to overseas account
($48,000.000.00 USD) (Fourty Eight Million United
States Dollars) from STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC here in
Nigeria,I want to ask you, If you are capable and reliable
to for this important transaction.
I am Dr.Steve Abbas, the External Auditor
General of STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC here in Nigeria.
During the course of our auditing, I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in
2001 and since 2002 nobody has operated on this
account again,after going through some old files in the
records I discovered that the owner of the account
died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating
and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account
is Mr. Richard C.O'Neily's a Canadia and great
industrialist. He was African Area Director of SIL
International,before his death
No other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary
and my investigation proved to me as well that until
his death he has a Gold/Diamond Consulting firm.
I also found out that their only surviving daughter
Erin Chapman died last year.
The total amount involve is ($48,000.000.00 USD)
(Fourty Eight Million United States Dollars) and we
wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners
account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner,
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be approved to a local person here, but
to a foreigner who has correct information about the
account,which I shall give to you upon your positive
responses.I am revealing this secret to you with
believe in god that you will never let me down in this
business,you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so
that I
will inform you the next step to take.
I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. I will use my position and his influence
to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this
money to your
account with appropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
40% of the total amount, 60% will be for us. All the
paper work for this transaction will be done by me
using my position
and connection in the bank.
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Best Regards,
DR STEVE ABBAS
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