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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: "ZANDO SAKALA" <zando_sakala@afridbank.com>
Reply-To: zando_s_adb@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:45:47 +0000
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal!!
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA(A.D.B)
DESK OF : DR ZANDO SAKALA
Lagos-Nigeria.
RC.27199
Dear Sir,
STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL !!
I am Dr Zando Sakala, The manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department of the A.D.B Bank of Nigeria Plc. I am writing this
letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business
opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of $15,000,000M
US DOLLARS (15million United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family
of a wife and two children in November 1999 in a Plane crash.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come
over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot
release the funds from his account unless someone applies for claim as the
next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has
ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other
officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release
the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came
for it or discovered he maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund
will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund.
We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be asstated thus; 20 % for you
as foreign partner,
75 % for us the officials in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all
local and foreign expences incurred by us and you during the course of this
business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my
colleagues
will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 75 % we
intend
to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of
recycling the funds.
To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your
interest by a return e-mail.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because
of its nature.
I look forward to receiving your prompt response, and close this deal in a
matter of days.
Dr. Zando Sakala
MNIOB, MNSE, MIOCE
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK {ADB}
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