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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: "Kolo Obodo" <kolobodo@msn.com>
Reply-To: abdulbel11@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:56:26 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT
>From The Desk Of Dr. Abdul Bello ,
Inland bank of Nigeria ,
Victoria Island Branch,
Lagos,Nigeria.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Dr. Abdul Bello , Branch Manager with Inland bank of Nigeria Lagos,
Nigeria. I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you
that should be handled with extreme
confidentiality. On May 6, 1999 a Foreign Consultant and contractor with the
Nigerian Railway Corporation Mr. T Thomas by name made a numbered time Fixed
Deposit for twelve Calendar months valued at US$ 20M (Twenty Million) in my
branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank
Policy to his forwarding addresses but got no reply. After a month we sent a
reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers Nigerian Railway Corporation that Mr. T Thomas died from
an automobile accident. On further investigation, we found out that he died
without making a Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless.
I therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Abbas Gumeri
did not declare any Next of kin correlations in all his official documents
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$20M has been carefully moved out of my bank to a
Financial and Security Company in Europe for safekeeping. No one will ever
come forward to claim it and according to the Law of my country, at the
expiration Of 7 years the money will revert to the ownership of the State
(Government) If nobody applies to claim the fund. This prompted us to
contact you. We want you as the next of kin of our late client thereby
making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of $20 Million U.S Dollars that
is presently in a Financial and Security
Company in Abroad.
I contacted you because it is against our code of Ethics to own and operate
foreign accounts and your assistance would be Needed to claim the money in
the Financial and Security Company in Europe. We have unanimously agreed
that 25% of the entire sum would be for you if you agree to take part in
this profitable Transaction, 65% for me while the remaining 10% would be
used to pay back The
expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction by both
parties after the Fund has been claimed and lodged in your account. In the
event that you are genuinely interested in the transaction, the following
information would be needed from you to expedite action
1) Your Full Name.
2) Your Residential or Company Address.
3) Telphone and Fax numbers
Where you can be reached at all time because this transaction entails
Constant communication. The transaction is 100% legal and totally free of
risks as all Modalities have been perfected to ensure the hitch free
successor the transaction.
If you are interested, send the requested information via
email:(abdulbel11@yahoo.es) as soon as possible so that we can proceed and
after sending it urgently.
Best Regards,
Dr. Abdul Bello
+ 234 8023543653
PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL(abdulbel11@yahoo.es)
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