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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: "Paul Odion" <podion01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:49:46 -0400
Subject: Attention Please.
Attention Please.
How are you today and your entire family.
I am soliciting your confidence in this business, this is because of its
nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though, I know that a
business of this sort will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am
assuring you that this transaction is 100% safe. I have decided to contact
you due to the urgency of this transaction as I have been reliably informed
of your discreetness and reliability in executing businesses and or
transactions. Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am MR.
PAUL ODION, Credit Officer with the Union Bank Of Nigeria PLC,Lagos. I came
to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of huge
sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. THE
PROPOSITION :A foreigner, Late Engr. John Curtis (Snr.), an oil merchant
with the federal government of Nigeria During the regime of the late General
Sanni Abacha, until his death sometime ago in Kenya Air Bus ( A310-300)
Flight KQ430. Banked with us at Union Bank of Nigeria PLC, Lagos and had a
closing balance as at the end of September, 2000 worth US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty five Million United State Dollars), the bank now expect a next of
kin as beneficiary. Valuable efforts have been made by the Union Bank of
Nigeria to get in touch with any of the Curtis family or relatives but no
success. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to
locate any of Engr.John Curtis (Snr.)'s next of kin (He had no wife or
children that is known to us). The management under the influence of our
Chairman and members of the Board of Directors, that arrange has been made
for the fund to be declared UNCLAIMED and subsequently be donated to the
trust fund for arms and ammunitions to further enhanced the course of war in
Africa and the world in general. In order to avert this negative
development, some of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to
have you stand as next of kin to late Engr. John Curtis (Snr.) so that the
fund US$25 million will be released and paid to into your account as the
beneficiary's next of kin. All the documents and proves to enable get this
fund will be carefully worked out. We have secured from the probate an order
of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so we are
assuring you that the business is 100% risk free involvement. Your share
stays while the rest be for myself and my colleagues for investment purpose.
The sharing of the funds will be based According to agreement within both
parties. As soon as we receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message
inacceptance of our mutual business proposal, we would furnish you with the
necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suit both parties without any
conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage
of the trust we have bestowed in you.
PLEASE,ENDEAVOR TO SEND YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER IN YOUR
REPLY TO THIS MAIL.
Best Regards,
MR PAUL ODION.
CREDIT OFFICER UNION BANK NIG PLC.
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