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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: "Peter Smith" <petersmith@ubn-ng.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:17:35 +0000
Subject: Good day
Good day
My dear friend,
I am Mr. Peter Smith, Bank Manager of Union Bank of Nigeria, Lagos Branch.
I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
On December 8, 1999, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, Mrs. Ann Barbara Myers made a numbered time
( Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty-five Million US Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a
routine notification to her forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from her contract employers, the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mrs. Ann Barbara Myers died
from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that she
died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace her next of kin were
fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mrs. Ann Barbara
Myers did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of S$25M is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal
sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it and
according to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) 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 to stand in as the next of
kin to Mrs. Ann Barbara Myers so that the fruits of this woman'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 Attorneys will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will
put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the service of two
Attorneys to process and notarization all the necessary documents and letter
of probate/administration in your favor in order for the transfer to take
place. A bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will
then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 70% for me and 30% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorneys and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply immediately via this my private email address. I shall then provide
you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand
the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and 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.
Awaiting your urgent response or call me on 234-1-7763612
Best regards,
Mr. Peter Smith
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