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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: <m_s2005@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrwilliams@net.hr
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:16:38 +0000
Subject: Your Confirmation Needed....Please.
FROM THE DESK OF MR ANTHONY WILLIAMS
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
WEMA BANK PLC,
LAGOS,NIGERIA
Greetings. It is with deep sense of commitment, faith, brotherliness
andtrust that I make this confidential risk free business proposal to
you for your assistance. I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner
disturbed your privacy.I am MR ANTHONY WILLIAMS the head of the Audit and
Account Department of WEMA BANK PLC ,LAGOS ,NIGERIA.
Recently, during one of our auditing, I discovered a dormant account
with a huge amount of money which amounted to (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDREND
THOUSAND DOLLARS) that belongs to one of our numerous customers MR SHEU
YUANG DONG governor of Taiwan's Central Bank From TAIWAN his wife and only
daughter with other four other finance officials returning from a conference
in Bali Died in a plane crash in Taiwan, Please View this
website:http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/.
Since we got information about his death with his entire family in THE
PLANE CRASH OF 16TH FEB 1998..During the period of my investigation I
discovered that thedeceased andhis entire family died in the incident
leaving nobody behind to come for the claim of this fund as his next of kin.
Since then several inquiries have been made in his embassy to locate
any of the deceased relatives but all efforts have proved
unsuccessful.Therefore, I decided to contact you for this deal byassisting
me put up claim to this fund with this bank as the deceased business partner
for the claim of the fund since my bank is trying to lay claim to the fund
and confiscate it into the bank's treasury account which will be used for
their own selfish interest.
I want to also bring to your notice that as the Head of the Audit
Department of this bank that this fund will be paid to you directly into the
account you will present for the transfer of the fund.
But the most important thing is for us to obtain the payment approval
from our bank which is the WEMA BANK PLC and after the approval has been
obtained, AND THE REACTIVIATION OF THIS ACCOCUNT BECAUSE THIS ACCOUNT NOW IS
DORMANT.
They will instruct our affiliate bank in Madrid Spain to effect the
transfer of the fund into your account.
Be also informed that I have with me all the necessary information of
the deceased which will help us claim the fund successfully.Your positive
response to this proposal will be highly appreciated and I
will give you further details of the next step we are suppose to
follow.
So upon your reply I will forward to you the draft of application which
you will fill and send to, the bank by email or fax as the next of kin to
the deceased .
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.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
MR ANTHONY WILLIAMS
MANAGER ACCOUNT AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
WEMA BANK PLC,
LAGOS,NIGERIA.
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