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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: "BANK OF AFRICA" <info@bankofafrican.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 01:56:19 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL TRUST
FROM DR HASSAN DAVID
BANK OF AFRICA
IKEJA BRANCH,
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIAN.
EMAIL ADDRESS: drhassandvd@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Friend,
How are you today and business in your country? I am . Dr Hassan
David,Bank Manager of bank of Africa, Ikeja Branch, I would respectfully
request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the
integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I
contacted you
independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this
communication. I
would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of
interest to
you. I know you would be wondering why I am writing you with a request such
as
this but I only urge you to read on. In November 1999, a British Oil
consultant/contractor with the Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation, Mr.
Robert
Rice made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued
at
US$19,000,000.00 ( Nineteen Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I
sent
a routine notification to his forwarding address in America and Britain but
got no
reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Robert
Rice
died alongside his wife, from an airplane crash.
The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible surviving next
of
kin to alert about the situation and also to come forward to claim his
estate. If you
are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services
usually
prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional
processes.
In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private
banking,
opening an account with us means no one will know of it existence, accounts
are
rarely held under a name; depositors use numbers and codes to make the
accounts
anonymous. This bank also gives the choice to depositors of having their
mail sent
to them or held at the bank itself, ensuring that there are no traces of the
account
and as I said, rarely do they nominate next of kin. Private banking clients
apart
from not nominating next of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in
our care,
in this case; Mr. Robert Rice died interstate.
In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed
away, we
instituted our own investigations in good faith to determine who should have
right
to claim the estate. This investigation has for the past months been
unfruitful. We
have scanned every continent and used our private investigation affiliate
companies to get to the root of the problem. This sum of US$19,000,000.00
has since
been 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.
According to the
Laws of Republic of Nigerian, at the expiration of 7 (seven) years, the
money will
revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to
claim the
funds. What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I
want you
to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who
finds the
internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of banking
especially
is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and
oversee
certain portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general
direction of what I propose. There is US$19,000,000.00 deposited in my bank,
I
alone have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one
unless
evidence of relationship with the deceased, which I shall provide you with,
is
presented. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as Bank
of Africa
is concerned, the bank's management has no single idea of what?s the history
or
nature of the deposit.
They are siply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party
that comes
forward. This is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of money
trying
to track this man's family; they have investigated for months and have found
no
family. The investigation has come to an end. Consequently, my proposal is
that I
will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Robert
Rice so that
the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some
corrupt
government officials. Acting in this capacity really is simple, all you have
to do is
provide your full names,address,fax number,phone number,marriage status. A
bank account
in any part of the world that you then provide me with 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 70/30.
I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no
interest in
this project that you should dis-regard this mail. I ask that you do not be
vindictive
and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and
forget I
ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of
my
proposal. You may not know this but people like myself who have made tidy
sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. I am
not a
criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be
hard for
you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this
move. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime. I cannot
let this
chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny.
This is my
chance and I won't let it pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my
chance, if
you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do
not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide my
family
with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task
well
worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here
is from
you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. There is no risk
whatsoever as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the
attorney and my position
as the Branch Manager guarantee the successful execution of this
transaction. If
you are interested in this lucrative role, I urge you to indicate to that
effect. Upon
your response, if favourable, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant information that will help you get full understanding of the
transaction.
I will appreciate it if you send me your confidential telephone and fax
numbers for
easier communication. If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me
through this email address drhassandvd@yahoo.co.uk this is my personal
email address. If you give
me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I
wish to
inform you that (should you contact me via official channels), I will deny
knowing
you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me
through my
official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official
account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you and also
through this email address drhassandvd@yahoo.co.uk
My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to
assess
our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy.
Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a
family man, I
have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear
as to
what the consequences may be, but I know within me that nothing ventured is
nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter
of gold.
This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not
betray
my confidence. and also im very much aware of scams going on all over the
internet and may be this is not
your first time of geting this kind of mail expencally in African but that
will not
make you to reject my to mail you as or that will stop legal transactions
to exist on
net as i told you befor that im not a scamer and i will not be but if you
feel like that
my proposal to you is illagal please kindly delete it becacues is not be
force so that i
can contact anyother person im telling you this becaues i dont want you to
betray
my confidence
If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting, soon. In closing,
please
observe 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. Upon receiving your reply, I will then furnish you
with a
more comprehensive detail of this transaction and what is required of you.
and dont forget to contant me with my private email address :
drhassandvd@yahoo.co.uk
Yours Sincerely,
Dr Hassan David.
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