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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: "james obi"<jamesobi3@mail.vasarhely.hu>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:25:28 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE!
TREAT URGENTLY AND CONFIDENTIAL.
FROM:THE DESK OF MR. JAMES OBI
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC
Dear Sir/Madam,
(PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL)
I am the director in charge of auditing and accounting
department of ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC. With due respect and
regard I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at
the end of the transaction.
During our investigation and auditing in this bank, I came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased
person who died on CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [Flight AF4590 ] ON
25th JULY, 2000 with the whole passengers aboard. The name
of the deceased man was (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich, Germany).
N.B. In other for you to believe me, I would like you to
visit this website below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
You have to understand that i came across this huge amount
of money when i was arranging the departmental customers
file to submit to the bank management for the annual audit
of the year
and the fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank
without any claim of the fund in our custody either from
his family or relation before my discovery to this
development.
Although personally, I keep this information secret within
myself to enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and
successful during the time of execution. The said amount
was $20.5M US dollars (Twenty million five hundred
thousand US dollars).
Meanwhile, every necessary arrangement to put claim over
this fund as the Bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get
the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign
account has been put in place and directives and needed
information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate
your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit
your self to this great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my
position in this country as a civil servant (A Banker ), we
are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would
eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual
reason why it will require a second party or fellow who
will forward claims as the next of kin to the Bank and also
present a foreign account where he will need the money to
be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after
due verification and clarification by the correspondent
branch of the bank where the fund will be remitted from to
your own designation bank account.I don`t want thismoney to
go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill .Our Banking
law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after five years, it will be transferred
into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The request of
foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian
cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100%
risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you
will be entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification,
while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that
may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills, while 65% will be for me. Please, you have been
adviced to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and
intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal
with you.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank
until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to
come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the
fund according to percentages previously indicated and
further investment, either in your country or any country
you advice us to invest in.
All other necessary vital information will be sent to you
when I hear from you.
I look forward to receive your email.
whereby you are agreed to do this transaction with me, i
only advice you to contact me through this my e-mail
address: james_obi555@yahoo.com
YOURS FAITHFULLY.
JAMES OBI
DIRECTOR, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPT.
( ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC)
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