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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: "a contact" <proposalcontact@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:46:02 +0100
Subject: letter of introduction
Dear Sir,
letter of introduction and request for business partnership
This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a
day that people meet and become great friends and business partners. I am
Mr. Andrew O Marshall currently Head of Coporate affairs with a reputable
bank here in Nigeria. I write you this proposal in good faith, believing
that I can trust you with the information I am about to reveal to you.
I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On
November 6, 2000, an Iraqi Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the
CHEVRON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, MR. Ali Raza Khan made a (Fixed deposit)for
36 calendar months, valued at US$17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million Five
hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my bank and I happen to be his account
officer before I was moved to my present position recently. Upon maturity in
2003,as his account officer and as well the bank manger, it is my duty to
notify him on the maturity date so I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but the letter was returned undelivered.After sometime, I
tried sending back the letter,but it was again returned and finally I
discovered from his contract employers, Chevron Petroleum Corporation that
Mr.Ali Raza Khan died as a result of torture in the hand of Saddam Hussein
(former Iraqi President) during one of his trips to his country Iraq, as he
was accused of leaking information to the Americans. On further
investigation, I discovered that Mr. Ali Raza Khan family wife and two sons
died during the Gulf War in Iraq and was the reason why he did not declare
any next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank and did not leave any WILL.This sum of
US$17,500,000.00 have been floating and placed under dormant/unserviceable
account by my bank management since no one have heard from the owner since
2003.I wish to let you know that all the investigation I have made so far,
my bank management is not aware of it, I am the only one that have the
information.
With the recent change of government in my country and with their efforts to
support the United Nations in checkmating terrorism and drug money
laundering, by end of this year, the government will pass a new financial
control law which will give the government authority to interrogate
account owners of above $5,000,000.00 to explain the source of the funds,
making sure it is not for terrorism support. If I do not move this money out
of the country immediately, by end of the year the government will
definitely confiscate the money, because my bank cannot provide the account
owner to explain the source of the money.
I cannot directly transfer out this money without the help of a foreigner
and therefore I am contacting you for an assistance. As the Account Officer
to late Ali Raza Khan , coupled with my present position and status in the
bank as Head of Retail Banking , I have the power to influence the release
of the funds to any foreigner that comes up as the next of kin to the
account, with the correct information concerning the account, which I shall
give you. All documents to enable you claim this fund will be carefully
worked out and there is practically no risk involved, the transaction will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of law, beside my is porous and anything and everything can happen.
If you accept to work with me, I want you to state how you wish us to share
the funds in percentage, so that both parties will be satisfied. If you are
interested, contact me as soon as you receive this message so we can go over
the details.
Thanking you in advance and may God bless you. Please, treat with utmost
confidentiality . I shall send you copy of the deposit certificate issued to
Al Nasser when the deposit was made for your perusal. I wait your urgent
response at my confidential email id at (proposalcontact@yahoo.co.uk ).
Regards,
Mr. Andrew O.Marshall
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