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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: "Reed Ian" <reedaffairs@peakfamily.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:14:48 +0000
Subject: Please Reply Soon.
From: Mr.Reed Ian
Tel: 234-802-896-7604
E-mail: reed2005_ian@pochta.ru
Dear Sir/madam,
I am sorry for the inconvinence this email will give
you but will appreciate if you can make out time to go
through my message.I am Mr Reed Ian,a Briton, a banker
and auditor by profession,I have been working in this
part of the world as stated above for several years,I
am also the personal banking officer to a national of
your country, who was formally a director with Kobe
Steel Corporation company,a Japaneese company that
constructed the Liquidified Natural Gas Company in
Eleme - River state Nigeria. My client,his wife and
two children were involved in a motor accident along
Sagbama express road Port Harcourt Rivers State
Nigeria and unfornately the family died in the
accident. Prior to his death, my client deposited $5.5
million(Five million ,five hundred thousand united
states dollars) with my bank in his domicilary
account.
Ever since his death with his family and up till this
time of writing, no next-of-kin or Relation of his has
come forward to claim his money with us since that
time. No other person knows about this account or any
thing concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that the account is a secret account because we have
signed a non-disclosure agreement with the bank at
that time and his company was not aware of the
deposited fund. I am revealing this to you with
believe that you will not let me down in this
business.
The request for you as beneficiary in this business is
occasioned by the fact that the customer/depositor was
a foreigner and not from Nigeria as I cannot stand as
next of kin to him, Hence, I plead for your assistance
with the intention of getting this unclaimed money
amounting to $5.5 million(Five million, five hundred
thousand united states dollars) transferred into your
company/private bank account that you will present. I
will not contact any other company or person until I
am convinced that you are not interested in this
proposal.
We can get the fund from my bank if you are ready to
work with me without any hitches, I will use your name
to get the probate documents at the federal high court
presenting you as the next of kin to the late customer
since make every necessary arrangement to get his
death certificate with the help of an attorney
acreditted to my bank. I believe this is a priviaged
information which I expect you to keep confidential
because of my proffession. The buisness will not take
us time since all we need is to get the probate
documents from the court which I will send to you to
enable you fax or send them back to my bank to inform
them that you are the next of kin to my client and
beneficiary of the deposit. Other clearance papers
will also be processed to exonorate the funds from
illicit proceeds.
I am ready to give you 50% of the total sum for your
co-operation.If you are interested, send me your
complete mailing address as I will need it for the
probate.
Be informed that we are aware of the way email
proposals of this type are
being sent from this part of africa and as regards
that,you please
treat this with
utmost attention knowing fully well that you cannot
and will not be
compelled to assist us if you are not disposed to.
I will also need your direct tel/fax numbers as I will
like a faster communcation medium.Kindly reply through
my private email address: reed2005_ian@pochta.ru
Yours truly,
Mr.Reed Ian.
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