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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: "Frank Clify" <frank_clify@msn.com>
Reply-To: frankclify12@bizhat.com
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:26:51 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND.
CHALLENGE SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY LTD. LAGOS, NIGERIA.
P.M.B 25690, KOFO ABAYOMI WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.
EMAIL :frankclify12@bizhat.com
From the desk of :FRANK CLIFY
DEAR FRIEND.
Greetings! I am FRANK CLIFY the Director of Operations with CHALLENGE
SECURITIES LAGOS NIGERIA. Here in Nigeria. Our firm is a security company of
high repute with years of outstanding service to the people of Nigeria. I
have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal
that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. To be explicit and straight to
the point.
Some time early 1997, a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in
our company's vault for safekeeping. And since then our client has failed to
come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a considerable
amount of money in demurrage. Consequently, in our bide to contact this
client to come and redeem the demurrage which this consignment had
accumulated, we discovered that our client was the former president of the
Federal Republic of Zaire, Who died of brief illness after he was de-throwed
in the same. Year the consignment was entrusted into our care.
Since the death of our client President Mobutu Seseseko, none of his
benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us, which means
that none of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this consignment.
Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our
client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the two
boxes that were registered as family treasure by our client actually
contained a considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting
to US$35.5 million Dollar.
Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out
from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of
money from his country while he was in office as head of state. It is my
conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of the money that our
client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no trace to this money in
our care.
I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this
money out of Nigeria to your country to immediate investment with your
assistant. I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 30%
of the total and 65% will be for me and my colleagues while 5% will be for
any offset. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to
assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all
the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your
easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country.
Secondly, I will arrange for the consignment already labeled as family
treasure to be Lifted by diplomatic means to our security company's
correspondence in Europe, America or in Asia where I will meet with you. You
have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway
necessary with all proper documentation. This Transaction is 100% risk free.
Please if you are interested. For effective actualization you are to forward
to us via this email {frankclify12@bizhat.com}
the following informations
( A) Your name in full and brief information on your profile.
( b) Your personal/confidential Fax numbers
( c) Your Telephone/Mobile numbers d) Your full contact /office address.
Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. Thanks.
URGENT NOTICE: Please if you are really interested. Reply me back to the
above email address;frankclify12@bizhat.com
Yours faithfully,
FRANK CLIFY
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