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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: "oronto douglas" <o_douglas@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:45:05 +0000
Subject: Helloo Dear!
Compliments of the Day,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know
each other before,but for purpose of introduction, I am Dr James Okuta,the
Chief auditor of CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
There is an account opened in this bank in 1996 and since 1999 nobody has
operated on this account again.After going through some old files in the
records,I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would
be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Shaline Adam, a
foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by profession; he
died with his entire family in the ill-fated plane crash of October 1999. 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 his
company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
$23 Million dollars.you can view this fact from this website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here or individual, but can only be approved to any
foreign account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of
the account is Mr.Shaline Adam is a foreigner too.I know that this message
will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will
sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers including the
full details of the account to be used for the deposit.i want us to sign a
binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money
into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be
safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other
investments. I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner
with foreign account and foreign beneficiary.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct
information of this account which I will give to you later, if you are
willing and capable to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust
according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this
opportunity will never come again in my life.I need a truthful person in
this business because I don't want to make mistake, I need your strong
assurance and trust. With my position now in the office,the money can be
transfered to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your
country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately
we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that
you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account I will use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and
foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total
amount, 70% will be for me, and while 5% will be for expenses that may be
incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest
reply through my email for more discussion with you.
Yours truly,
Dr.James Okuta.
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