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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: "Peace Godwine" <peace_godwine@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:52:54 +0000
Subject: URGENTLY ( GETBACK TO ME IMMIDIATELY )
FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC
>From the desk of: Mr peace godwine
Head Office
11B Akin Adesola Street
Victoria Island.
Lagos Nigeria.
Private email:peacegodwine@myway.com
DEAR FRIEND,
I am Mr peace godwine, Branch Manager with FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC. I am
writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry
out this business opportunity in my department. We discovered an abandoned
sum
of ($25.5 million u.s.dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
late foreign customer who died in the Ikeja bomb blast of the Febuary 2,
2002 my client, his wife, and their two children were involved in Ikeja bomb
blast unfortunately they lost their lives in the process of the bomb blast.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come
over and make claims for his money as the next of kin to the deceased,
because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies
for
claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member or distant relative has ever
appeared to claim the said funds.Upon this discovery, I and other
officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release
the
total
amount ($25.5 million u.s.dollars) to you as the next of kin to the
deceased
since no one came for it or discovered his maintained account with
our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as
unclaimed fund. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as
stated thus; 30% for you as foreign partner, 65% for us the officials in my
department and 5% for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses
incurred during the course of this business. Upon the successful
completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues will come down to
your
country and mind our share. It is from our 65% we intend to import
Agricultural
Machineries into my country as a way of recycling the funds. To
commence this transaction, we require you to furnish us with the following
information below:-
1) Your Full Name
2) Your Residential Address
3) Your Telephone Number
4) Your age
5) Occupation / Marital Status
Upon receipt of the above information from you, we will contract an
attorney who will secure all the required legal documents from the Federal
High
Court proving you as the next of kin to the deceased, and also to enable us
file letter of claim to the appropriate departments fornecessary approvals
before the transfer can be made. I look forward to receiving your prompt
response through my private email address (peacegodwine@myway.com )
Best regards,
Mr peace godwine
For confirmation, please refer to the links below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/worald/africa/2698081.stm
http://www.worldsocialist-cwi.org/index2.html?/eng/2002/02/02.html
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