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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.THOMAS OKON" <thomas2005@alvilag.hu>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:22:41 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
DR.THOMAS OKON
MANAGER GULF BANK PLC.
TEL= 234-80-3862-6972
Private Email: thomas_okon@sify.com
Dear Sir,
I am DR.THOMAS OKON The Manager Gulf Bank, Lagos, Nigeria. I have urgent
and-very confidential business proposition for you. On April 6, 1996, a
Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, Mr.james smith made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for some
months, valued at S$32,500,000.00 (Thirty-two Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars
only) in my branch. Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers,the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation that Mr. james smith on 1 February 1997 died in a
plane crash on air senegal on aircraft Name Hawker Siddeley HS-748. This
crash happened in Tambacoumba, Senegal, Africa and the registration number
of the aircraft is 6AV-AEO, and since his untimely death the funds has been
dormant in his account with my Bank without any claim of the fund On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that Mr. james smith did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$32,500,000.00 has carefully been moved
out of my bank to a security company and finance company for safe-keeping.No one will ever come
forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Law,at the expiration of 10
(ten) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.Consequently, my proposal is
that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to the
late mr.james smith as to claim the money I deposited with the security and finance company in two trunk boxes, though the security company does not know the
real contents of the boxes as I tagged them to be photographic materials
for export.am writing you because as a public servant, we can not operate a
foreign account or have an account outside the country I want to present
you as the owner of the two trunk boxes in the security company so you can be able to
claim them with the help of my attorney.All these are to make sure that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. This is simple.I will like you to provide immediately
your full names and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary
documents which will put you in place as the owner of the boxes. The money
will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 35% for you
and 5% will take care of all expenses incure on both side.There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney
and this will guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. if you are interested, pleas reply immediately via my email address,as soon as i got your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please observe with
utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be
most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Hoping to hear from you through my private e-mail box= fuss_tom@yahoo.co.in
REGARDS,
DR.THOMAS OKON
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