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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 O. ABOH" <johnabohhhh@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johabofbn@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:07:13 +0100
Subject: MAKE USE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY

Dear Friend,

Reports of fraud,Negligence, Errors and others by Foreigners about our country; Nigeria has prompted the

Federal Government to empower only our Bank; First Bank of Nigeria, PLC to find lasting solutions to these

problems. The Files and all Documents relating to Foreign-Affairs has been handed over to our Bank. This

letter is written to you in order to correct and ameliorate certain problems that have arised as a result of

Frauds,Negligence, Errors in the past.

You are among the beneficiaries we have so far discovered by record and only your e-mail address is the

only contact information we could retrieve for now from the past records of Stake-Holders who have not

been cleared for one payments or the other and the Bank is ready to Transfer the money/fund to any country

of your choice when you have replied this mail.

I am Mr. John Aboh the Director, International Remittance Department of this Bank(First Bank of Nigeria

PLC), my Boss, Mr. Jacobs M. Ajekigbe, the Managing Director/CEO of this bank is now on compulsary leave

and all power have been vested on me to make all international payments.

Also, due to reported cases of corrupt practices in other Nigeria Banks including the Central Bank of Nigeria,

the Federal Government has revocked/cancelled all power vested on those banks and have appointed our

bank (First Bank of Nigeria) to make all foreign payments.

Your fund has been in this bank for many years unclaimed because my boss Mr. Jacobs Ajekigbe have

refused to tell you the truth on how to claim your fund this is because he has been using the interest

accumulated from your fund every year to enrich himself without your knowledge.

I want to help you pull out this fund to your bank account using the easiest
and the quickest method, which have not been made known to you before. By this method, you will open a

domiciliary account with this bank (First Bank of Nigeria), your fund would be lodged into this dociliary

account and your fund will be paid in directly to any bank of your choice.

After the transfer, you will confirm the fund in your bank account within
5-hours same day. No Cost of Transfer (COT) and no stoppage from any Government departments as the

transfer will be done within the bank alone and it is very safe.

The method which was introduced to you before is the Telegraphic Transfer(TT) for which confirmation was

48hrs, because of the time factor, petitions could come from various organizations stopping your payment

and asking you to pay huge fee which would be difficult for you to pay so that they can benefit from the huge

interest your fund generates while still in the Bank.


This method is not safe for you because it is not done within the bank alone as information of the payment

would be sent to the Central Control Unit(CCU) of the Federal Ministry of Finance and office of the

Accountant General of the Federation.

As a Man of dignity, I have nothing to gain by keeping your fund, I want
to assist you receive your fund before my boss rsumes office. You have to
follow up and work with me now, so keep this very confidential because of
fraudsters and impostors who go about presenting various bank accounts in order to divert another

beneficiary's fund.

Confirm to me through this e-mail address: johabofbn@tiscali.co.uk , your present/valid account co-ordinates

and amount to be claimed so that I do not transfer your fund to the wrong Bank Account.

Awaiting your quick response.

Yours truly,

MR. JOHN O. ABOH

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