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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: "Mr Philip" <philezeh11@handbag.com>
Reply-To: philiezeh@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:00:51 -0700
Subject: GREETING FROM PHILIP
FROM :AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.
Greetings
Dear Friend,
In order to transfer out $26,000,000.00 Million USD (Twenty -Six
Million United States Dollars) from our bank. I have the courage to look
for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important business
believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr. Philip Ezeh the Operation Manager of United Bank for Africa
Plc (U.B.A). There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since 2001,
nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files
in the records i discovered that if i do not remitt this money out urgently
it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Clayton
Riedfield and the manager of Granite Minning Nig, an Engineer by profession
and he died since 2001 no other person knows about this account or anything
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proves to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account
and the amount invloved is (USD 26,000,000.00).I want to transfer this money
into a safe foreign 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 any
local bank here but can only be approved to any foreign account because the
money is in U.S Dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr. Clayton
Riedfield and he was a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't
know ourselves before, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business,i
only got your contact address from the internet listing with the believe
in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the only
person that i have contacted for this business for now so please reply urgently.
When the transfer is approved and payment schedule is allocated
overseas, through the offshore payment center for final clearance and signing
of the final payment release order form by the beneficiary, i want us to
see at the oversea paying clearance office face
to face for signing of the original binding agreement to bind us
together so that we can receive this money into a foreign account or any
account of your choice where the fund will be remitted.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign
account as the real beneficiary. I need your co-operation to make this work
fine, because the management of my bank is ready to approve this payment
to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which i
will give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust, according to my instructions and my advice for our
mutual benefit because i don't want to make any mistake. I need your strong
assurance and trust and i shall destroyed all document concerning
to this transactions immediately we received this money living no trace to
any place.
I will use my position and influence on other staffs to effect the
legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from foreign payment department with assurance that this money
will intact pending my physical arrival in your country for the sharing and
other investment. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25%
out of the total amount, 65% will be for me, while 10% will be for expenses
, both parties might have incurred during the process of this transaction.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Philip Ezeh
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