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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: "Dr Christ Ofor" <drchristofor@msn.com>
Reply-To: dradolphusofor01@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:43:52 +0000
Subject: Dr Adolphus Ofor
Dr Adolphus Ofor
United Bank Of Africa.
Ilupeju Branch ,
Lagos Nigeria.
I am Dr Adolphus Ofor , Branch Manager with United bank For Africa,Ilupeju
Branch Lagos, Nigeria. I have an urgent and very profitable business
proposition for you that should be handled with extreme confidentiality. On
January 6, 1998 a Foreign contractor with the Nigerian National petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). Mr. Abbas Gumeri by name made a numbered time Fixed
Deposit for twelve Calendar months valued at US$15.6M (Fifteen Million, Six
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank
Policy to his forwarding addresses but got no reply. After a month we sent a
reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers Nigerian
National petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) that Mr. Abbas Gumeri died from plane crash. On further
investigation, we found out that he died without making a Will and all
attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further
investigations and discovered that Mr. Abbas Gumeri did not declare any Next
of kin correlations in all his official documents including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$15.6M has been carefully moved out of my bank to a Financial
and Security Company in Europe for safekeeping. No one will ever come
forward to claim it and according to the Law of my country, at the
expiration Of 7 years the money will revert to the ownership of the State
(Government) If nobody applies to claim the fund. This prompted me to
contact you. I want you as the next of kin of our late client thereby making
you the legal beneficiary of the sum of $15.6Million U.S Dollars that is
presently in a Financial and Security Company in Europe. I contacted you
because it is against our code of Ethics to own and operate foreign accounts
and your assistance would be Needed to claim the money in the Financial and
Security Company in Europe.
I have unanimously agreed that 30% of the entire sum would be for you if you
agree to take part in this profitable Transaction with your contributions
and support, 60% for me while the remaining 10% would be used to pay back
the expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction by
both parties after the Fund has been claimed and lodged into your account.
In the event that you are genuinely interested in the transaction, the
following information would be needed from you to expedite action.
1) Your Full Name.
2) Your Residential or Company Address.
3) Your Private Mobile, Telphone and Fax numbers
4) Yorr Age And Sex,
Where you can be reached at all time because this transaction entails
Constant communication. The transaction is 100% legal and totally free of
risks as all Modalities have been perfected to ensure the hitch free
successor the transaction. If you are interested, send the requested
information via my email box as soon as possible so that we can proceed and
after sending it urgently.
Regards,
Dr Adolphus Ofor
United Bank Of Africa.
Ilupeju Branch ,
Lagos Nigeria.
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