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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 Bankole" <bankole4john@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:48:28 +0000
Subject: Mr.John Bankole
Dear Friend,
I would like to begin by way of introduction; My name is Mr. John
Bankole, a native of Nigeria. I am a senior employee of Nigerian
Department of Energy and Mineral Resources. You were introduced to us
in confidence through the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce and Foreign
trade division.I am writing this letter to solicit your co-operation
in order to redeem an investment currently held under trust with the
Department of Energy and Mineral Resources of Nigeria. The said
investment now valued at USD$26.426M (Twenty six million, four hundred
and twenty six thousand American dollars), was originally purchased by
one Mr. Micheal Wayne, and leased to the Transvaal Orange Mining
Corporation in 1977.Since the maturity of this contract in September
1997,several attempts have been made without success to contact
Mr.Micheal Wayne or any of his close relatives, in whose favour the
investment cash value can be paid.
My partner, who is the Account Director in the same Ministry and I,
have initiated the process of filing a claim for this money with the
hope of having the funds transferred to you. In order to do this, we
will swear an affidavit in the High Court of my country stating
that you are a distant cousin and next of kin to Mr.Micheal Wayne the
owner of the money. After which,we will file a claim for this money
from the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources, indicating
that you were appointed by Mr. Micheal Wayne to be the beneficiary of
these funds. When the claim is approved you as the beneficiary will be
paid the sum of USD$26.426M.
The money will be paid directly to any bank of your choice; you will
have the responsibility to ensure that my partner and I receive 70% of
the money while you keep 25% for your assistance.The remaining 5% will
be for incidental expenses.I want to assure you that my partner and I
are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided
that you can give us very strong guarantee that our share will be
secured,and that you will not take advantage of our position.
Be assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about in the view
of this claim. It is perfectly safe with no risks involved, and it is
not subject to any inquiry, since my partner and I will be handling the
claim directly in Nigeria on your behalf.I do hope my proposal is
acceptable to you. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter,so
that I can provide you with more clarification about the claim
and how we intend to make this deal beneficial to everyone
involved,hope to hear from you soon, please do not forget to include
your telephone number when replying this letter.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.John Bankole
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