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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: "joseph joseph" <joseph1@joseph-online.org>
Reply-To: josephuzoka@london.net
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:25:14 +0000
Subject: a letter for you
From Mr Joseph Uzoka
Manager Bills&Exchange Foreign Remittance Department
Zenith Bank of Nigeria
Dear Friend,
I must solicit your confidence in this transaction this is by virtue of its
nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though a transaction of
this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you that all will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact
you due to the urgency of this transaction.But let me first introduce
myself. I am Mr Joseph Uzoka, Manager of Bills&Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department of Zenith Bank of Nigeria,I came to know of you in my
search for a reliable and reputable person to help handle this confidential
transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
account.
Detail: The President/Ceo of Mark Kogan Farm and Engineering Drilling
company Nig. Ltd, Mr. Mark Kogan (CANADA) made a fixed deposit of
USD14,000,000.00 (Fourteen Million United States Dollar) deposit with the
Zenith Bank of Nigeria PLC five years ago. This deal was to mature in April
2002. But Mr. Ramirez Sanchez and his only son whom he used as next of kin
died in kenya air crash in the year 2000.Since we got information about his
death,we have been expected his next of kin/relations to come over and claim
his money because our bank cannot release it unless somebody applies for it
as next of kin or relation to Mr Ramirez Sanchez the late depositor as
indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately none of his relation has
come for claim.It is therefore upon this discovery that i now decided to
make business with you and release the money to you as the next of
kin/relation to Mr Ramirez Sanchez for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for the money and i dont want this money to go back
into Federal Government account as unclaimed fund.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains
unclaimed,the money will be transfered into the banking treasury as
unclaimed fund.The request for a foreigner as the next of kin/relation in
this business is occasioned by the fact that Mr Ramirez SANCHEZ was a
foriegner and a Nigeria cannot stand as a next of kin/relation to the late
depositor who is a foreigner.Therefore i request you to provide a reliable
Bank account into which the Zenith Bank of Nigeria Correspondent bank abroad
will pay the funds into. Documents and proves to back you up in the receipt
of the funds into your account shall be carefully worked out. We have also
decided that for your assistance you will be entitled to 30% of the funds as
your commission. 10% shall be set aside for reimbursement to both parties
for any incidental expenses that may be incurred in the transaction. If this
proposal is acceptable to you, contact me immediately through Email. Please
furnish me with your most confidential telephone and fax numbers,including
your full names and address,complete Bank information so that they can be
used for all your official communications. Thank you for your anticipated
co-operation and God Bless. Please reply to "uzoka009@yahoo.com.hk"
Regards
Mr Joseph Uzoka
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