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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: "ROBERT JOHNSON" <robertjohnson1960@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: robertjohnson1960@mail.md
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:32:56 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY
FROM: ROBERT JOHNSON. (MANAGER),
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
E-MAIL:robertjohnson1960@mail.md
Dear Friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum
of US$18.5 (EIGHTEEN MLLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS), in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his
entire family in a plane crash that happened in Kenya, East Africa.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it without
the next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next
of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody
behind for the claim. Please I want you to visit the website below for more
information about the Plane Crash:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and some other officials in my
department now decided and agreed to make this business proposal to you and
release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we
don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. I
agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 70% would be for the
others and me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch and risk free, and you should keep this transaction
(TOP SECRET) and this transaction will only take us 14 banking days because
as a banker, I know what to do, to move the fund into your account without
any delay and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me
as soon as you receive this letter so that I will send you the text of the
application to apply to the bank and the data information of the deceased
customer.
Yours faithfully.
MR ROBERT JOHNSON
BILL & EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
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