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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: "mike duke" <mikeduke_005@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:24:44 +0000
Subject: INVITATION TO ACT AS THE REAL NEXT OF KIN !!!!!!!
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEP.
FROM THE DESK OF DR.MIKE DUKE.
LAGOS NIG.
DIRECT TELEPHONE LINE:
+234 803 664 3269.
Dear Friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remmittance department
in Nigerian. I am writing following the impressive information about you
through my friends who runs aconsultancy firm in your country. He assured me
of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity. In
my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US $10.5m dollar(Ten
million,five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one
of our foriegn customer,known as Engineer STEVE B. CASH. who died along with
his entirer family in October,1999 in plane crash with egyptian air
line,(a310-300) (flight kq430)
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as
indicated in our banking guidlines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at
the plane clash leaving no body behind for the claim. It is therefore upon
this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to
make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next
of kin or relation to the decease for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go into the
bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me and my
collegues. There after I and my collegues will visit your country for
disbursment according to the percentages indicated. Therefore, to enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you as arrange, you must apply first to
the bank as relation or next or kin of the deceased indicating your bank
name, your bank account, your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business
is hicth-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.
Please contact me on my private E-mail address:
mikeduke_005@msn.com
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Mike Duke
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