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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: "Graham Asake" <graham@grahamasake.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:35:27 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS OFFER
MR GRAHAM ASEKE
Bank Of The North,
Victoria Island Branch,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Email address : grahamasake@asakeworld.com
ATTN,
I am MR GRAHAM ASEKE Branch Manager with Bank of the North Victoria
Island Branch Lagos Nigeria,I have an urgent and very profitable
business proposition for you that should be handled with extreme
confidentiality.
On January 6,1999 a Foreign Oil Consultant and contractor with the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr. James Herbert by
name made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months
valued at US$38.6M(Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred United States
Dollars Only) in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the
Bank policy to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month
we sent a reminder and finally wediscovered from his contract
employers the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that Mr.
James Herbert died from an automobile accident.
On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a
Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I
therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. James
Herbert did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank,and according to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 years the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
This prompted us to contact you.We will like to front you as the next
of kin of our late client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of
the sum of $38.6 million U.S Dollars that is presently in my branch.
I contacted you because it is against our code of ethics to own and
operate foreign accounts and your assistance would be needed to claim
the money in the Security Company .
We have unanimously agreed that 25% of the entire sum would be for
you if you agree to take part in this profitable transaction,70% for
me and 2 of my colleagues while the remaining 5% would be used to pay
back the expenses that may be incurred during the course of the
transaction by both parties after the fund has been claimed as the
next of kin.
In the event that you are genuinely interested in the
transaction,there are some information would be needed from you to
commence transaction.
1.FULL NAME
2.CONTACT ADDRESS
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.
The transaction is 100% risk free as all modalities has been
perfected to ensure the hitch free success of the transaction.
I await your urgent response to my personal Email address :
grahamasake@asakeworld.com
THANKS FOR CO-OPERATION
MR GRAHAM ASEKE
Email address : grahamasake@asakeworld.com
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