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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: "Johnson Nichy William" <johnsonnichy@johnsonsiteworld.net>
Reply-To: johnson_w_nichy@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:47:49 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS LETTER
PC 42 Afribank Street, Victoria island.
Lagos,
Lagos Nigeria.
Phone =2348038416684
Email=johnson_w_nichy@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
We want to transfer to overseas the sum of One hundred and Forty Two
Million United States Dollars (U.S. $142,000,000.00) from Nigeria here. I
want to ask you to kindly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a
new bank account immediately to receive this money, though an empty bank
account could serve this purpose as long as you will remain honest to me
till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God
that you will never let me down either now or in time to come.
I am Mr.Johnson Nichy, the external auditor of a Bank. During the course
of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the
bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this account again. After
going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of
the account died without a ?eir apparent to the throne?hence the money is
floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited
for nothing.
The owner of this account who is Mr.Hugo Williams,a foreigner and an
industrialist died, since 1990,until now no other person(s) knows about this
account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this account. As
such this account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me
as well that Hugo Williams until his death was the manager Oriental Diamond
Company, in Nigeria.
However, if you are interested in this business we will start the first
money transfer with Forty Two Million U.S.Dollars (U.S. $42,000,000.00) upon
successful transaction without any disappointment from you. We shall also
re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account. While the
total amount involved is One hundred and Forty Two Million United States
Dollars (U.S.$142,000,000.00)only. I would want us to make a first transfer
of [Forty Two Million United States Dollar. (U.S. $42,000, 000.00) from this
money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest. I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a
local account, without valid international foreign ?greement? but could only
be approved to any foreigner with valid international credentials: passport
or drivers license and foreign account because this sum is in U.S. dollars
and the former owner of the account Mr.Hugo Williams is a foreigner too,
thus the money could only be approved into a foreign account.
However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding agreement in this
regards. As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next step to take,
while you send your private telephone and fax number including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to
face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us
together before transferring the money to any account of your choice where
the fund will be safe.
I need your full co-operation to make this business a success, because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
the instructions of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in
this business. I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down.
With my influence and the position in the bank we can transfer this money
to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country
for sharing. And to build confidence that you can come immediately to
discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your
presence and three of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of
the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa
immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act as directed. To prove
the authenticity of the business I will use my position and influence to
obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account
with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries, foreign exchange
departments, and embassy and Board of Internal Revenue services.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during this process.
I look forward to your earliest reply Via Email(johnson_w_nichy@yahoo.com
)or you can call me
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Johnson Nichy
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