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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: "Ahmed Adamu" <ahmedadamu@msn.com>
Reply-To: ahmedadamu@myway.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:29:28 +0000
Subject: From Managing Director Citizen Bank Plc.,
Ahmed Adamu.
Managing Director
Citizen Bank Plc.,
44, Broad Street,
Lagos, Nigeria
Email : ahmedadamu@myway.com
Attn: Dear Sir/Madam,
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL OF 25.3 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS
I am Ahmed Adamu the managing director of Citizen Bank Plc the banker to
the late head of state of Nigeria who died on June 8th 1998 under
mysterious circumstance.
I got your contact through commercial department of your country's embassy
in my search for a reliable and trustworthily person to handle this
top-secret transaction. You must therefore keep this transaction a. VERY
TOP SECRET
THE SOURCE OF THE FUND
The late dictator General Sanni Abacha deposited the sum of $825.3 million
U.S. Dollars in his private account in our bank which I am the managing
director, but with serious conferment in me that I would never reveal this
to anybody apart from his wife Mrs. Maryam Abacha, which he got as an over
invoice from the Ajaokuta Steel Mill the proposal largest steel Mill in
African continent.
The contract was awarded to a Russian firm, but after his mysterious death,
the new military government that emerged then set-up a commission of
enquiries into all contracts awarded by the late dictator, but could not
complete their mission due to the emergence of a democratic government
headed by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as the president of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, who vowed to continue with the predecessor commitment by
setting up commission of enquiries to track down the account of the late
dictator both in Nigeria and overseas, through different ways by media and
other means. In this cause I have declared $800 million United states
Dollars to the Federal Government of Nigeria as the family have no
knowledge of the total amount deposited in my bank. While I have
transferred the balance of $25.3 million U.S. Dollars to a subsidiary of
Citizen Bank Plc. With the knowledge of three senior officers of the
bank. But we cannot lay claims to this found due to our position in the
bank.
We therefore solicit your assistance in transferring this amount to your
private or company account, as this transaction is risk free with our
involvement. We hereby agreed to compensate you with 25% of the total sum
while 75% would be shared among us, the officials. The said amount was
transferred to SECURITY VAULT & FINANCE COMPANY IN ABROAD through
diplomatic immunities granted to banks in Nigeria and coded for security
reasons to avoid a re-occurrence of a past incident in London in which 1.6
Billion Pounds Sterling belonging to the late dictator was siezed. If you
have any positive response toward my proposal, please contact me without
delay on the above e-mail address with your fill name, private phone and fax
#.
I look forward to your earliest response.
Regards,
Ahmed Adamu.
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