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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: "patrick obasan" <patrick_obasan001@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:58:06 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY
FROM THE DESK OF MR PATRICK OBASAN
ACCOUNTANT OF CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL
BANK PLC (C.I.B),NIGERIA.
TELE PHONE: 234-8025821034
Dear Friend,
I am an accountant of CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC (C.I.B)at foreign
remittance department . There is a business I would want you to champion for
me.In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of ($35,000,000.00 U.S)
thirty five million US dollars) . In an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family in november 2003 in a
plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin's or relation died alongside with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make
this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclamed after five years, the money will be transfered 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
Burkinable cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that 35% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 20% for any charity
organization in your country while 5% will be set aside for expenses incured
during the business and 40 % would be for me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this
fund to you as arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or
next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account
number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location where in the money will be remitted.
All modalities of this transaction have been carefully worked out and once
started will not take more than fourteen(14) working days, with your full
support. this transaction is 100% risk free.it involve no any inplication
and no any precaution there after.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
application which you will fill and send to the bank for immidiate claim. I
will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
For security reason,please reply to this email address:
patrickobasan_4@yahoo.com
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Patrick Obasan
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