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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 Micheal" <dr_mikkymart@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:46:35 -0800
Subject: I Seek Your Consent
MR. MICHEAL JOHN
Stallion Trust Bank Plc
4/6 Adetokunbo Ademola Street
Victoria Island, Lagos-Nigeria
I Am MR. MICHEAL JOHN, in charge of bills and foreign exchange remittance
Department of Stallion Bank Plc.I am writing you this letter to ask for your
support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my
department.
We discovered an unclaimed sum of $25.5Million (Twenty-five million five
hundred thousand dollars) in an account belonging to one of our customer,
whodied in a plane crash
with the entire family in year 2003.
Since we got information about his death we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money. Unfortunately,neither the family nor
the relation has appeared to claim
this money. We cannot release this money unless somebody applies as the next
ofkin or relation to the deceased.
Our banking guidelines indicated that if such money remained unclaimed for a
period of four (4) years, it would be transferred into the Stallion Trust
BankTreasury as unclaimed fund.
Another officer and I in the department now decided to transferthis money
into your account as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for easy
collection since nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go
back into the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund. Infact it is my friend
that advised me to urgently arrange to transfer out this money through
another foreign beneficiary outside the country.Upon your acceptance to this
proposal,we have also agreed on
a sharing Ratio:
1.80% for you as the account owner
2.30% for I and my colleagues
3.10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally and
internationally during the cause of this transaction.
Furthermore we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finanlly in your account and we shall be relying on your advise as
regards,to investment of our share,be informed that
this transaction is genuine and 100% risk free considering the top level
bank officials
involved.
As you know that I enjoy good office here with the bank and I will use my
personality to make the official application on your behalf for approval of
this money into your nominated account thereby
having the bank transfer this money into your bank account.
I will advice that you furnish me with the necessary details for me to make
the official application of claim on your behalf as the next of kin and
beneficiary of this money with out wasting time.
Here are the details I will need to make the application.
(1)Your Full Name.
(2)Your Contact Address.
(3Your phone & Fax Number for effective
communication.
(4)Age, & Occupation.
(5)Religion.
This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in less
than (7) working days.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Regards,
MR. MICHEAL JOHN
PLS REPLY TO(mikkymart@excite.com)
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