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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: "John Bankole" <bankole_john@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 04:52:51 +0000
Subject: Mr.John Bankole
John Bankole,
Email Address bankole4john@nyc.com
Dear Friend,
I would like to begin by way of introduction; My name is Mr. John Bankole,
a native of Nigeria. I am a senior employee of Nigerian Department of
Energy and Mineral Resources. You were introduced to us in confidence
through the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce and Foreign trade division.
I am writing this letter to solicit your co-operation in order to redeem an
investment currently held under trust with the Department of Energy and
Mineral Resources of Nigeria. The said investment now valued at USD$26.426M
(Twenty six million, four hundred and twenty six thousand American
dollars), was originally purchased by one Mr. Micheal Wayne, and leased to
the Transvaal Orange Mining Corporation in 1977.Since the maturity of this
contract in September 1997,several attempts have been made without success
to contact Mr. Micheal Wayne or any of his close relatives, in whose favour
the investment cash value can be paid.
My partner, who is the Account Director in the same Ministry and I, have
initiated the process of filing a claim for this money with the hope of
having the funds transferred to you. In order to do this, we will swear
an affidavit in the High Court of my country stating that you are a distant
cousin and next of kin to Mr.Micheal Wayne the owner of the money. After
which,we will file a claim for this money from the Department of Energy and
Mineral Resources, indicating that you were appointed by Mr. Micheal Wayne
to be the beneficiary of these funds. When the claim is approved you as the
beneficiary will be paid the sum of USD$26.426M.
The money will be paid directly to any bank of your choice; you will have
the responsibility to ensure that my partner and I receive 70% of the money
while you keep 25% for your assistance.The remaining 5% will
be for incidental expenses.
I want to assure you that my partner and I are in a position to make the
payment of this claim possible provided that you can give us very strong
guarantee that our share will be secured,and that you will not take
advantage of our position.
Be assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about in the view of
this claim. It is perfectly safe with no risks involved, and it is not
subject to any inquiry, since my partner and I will be handling the
claim directly in Nigeria on your behalf.I do hope my proposal is
acceptable to you. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter,via my
alternative email bankole4john@nyc.com so that I can provide you with more
clarification about the claim and how we intend to make this deal
beneficial to everyone involved,hope to hear from you soon, please do not
forget to include your telephone number when replying this letter.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.John Bankole
MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS:bankole4john@nyc.com
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