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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: "williamsbello@ommail.com" <williamsbello@ommail.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 04:20:42 -0500
Subject: MR WILLIAMS BELLO
MR WILLIAMS BELLO
BRANCH MANAGER,
GULF BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
ALLEN AVENUE LAGOS NIGERIA
AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and
profitable business proposal, Though I don’t know you
neither have I seen you before but my confidence was reposed
On you when the Chief Executive of Nigerian chamber of
Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a
confidential business.
I am the manager of GULF BANKLagos Nigeria Ikeja Branch, The
intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner (a
Turkish) resident in cote d'ivoire, he was a Contractor with
one of the Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in
my branch the sum of US$17 Million (seventeen Million U.S.
Dollars). Unfortunately, the man died four years ago until
today non-of his next of kin has come Forward to claim the
money. Having noticed this, I in collaboration with two
other top Officials of the bank we have covered up the
account all this while.
Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of
his next of kin and forward Your account and other relevant
documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the Claim.
We will use our positions to get all internal
documentation’s to back up the claims The whole procedures
will last only ten working days to get the fund retrieved
successfully Without trace even in future. Your response is
only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all
necessary things As soon as this message comes to you kindly
get back to me indicating your interest Then I will furnish
you with the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is
successfully Concluded for your assistance we have agreed to
give you thirty percent (30%) of the Total sum at the end of
the transaction. It is risk free and a big mega fortune all
correspondence Towards this transaction will be through
telephone and fax. I await your earliest response.
Thanks, Yours Sincerely
Mr. John Peters ut trace even in future. Your response is
only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all
necessary things As soon as this message comes to you kindly
get back to me indicating your interest Then I will furnish
you with the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is
successfully Concluded for your assistance we have agreed to
give you thirty percent (30%) of the Total sum at the end of
the transaction. It is risk free and a big mega fortune all
correspondence Towards this transaction will be through
telephone and fax. I await your earliest response.
Thanks, Yours Sincerely
MR WILLIAMS BELLO
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