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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: "Enike Obi" <enike_obi@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:37:16 +0000
Subject: RGENT REPLY
I am Mr. ENIKE OBI, The manager, Bills and Exchange at the
Foreign Remittance Department of the Union Bank 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 uS$20.5 (TWENTY million, five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer
who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in April
2001
in a Plane crash.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to
come over and put claims for his money as the heir, 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 nor distant relative has ever
appeared to claim the said fund.
Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have
agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your
account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or
discovered he 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 by us and you during the course of this business. Upon
the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my
colleagues will come to your country and mind our share.
To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately
indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose the following
information:-
1. Full name
2: Your private telephone number and Fax number.
3. Occupation and Nationality.
You are to send this information to my email address to enable us
file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals before the transfer can be made.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature.
I look forward to receiving your prompt response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. ENIKE OBI,
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