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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: "williams bello" <williamsbello23@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:25:24 +0000
Subject: Dear friend
MR WILLIAMS BELLO
BRANCH MANAGER,
GULF BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
ALLEN AVENUE LAGOS NIGERIA
AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal, Though I don’t know you neither have I seen you before but my
confidence was reposed On you when the Chief Executive of Nigerian chamber
of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential business.
I am the manager of GULF BANK Lagos Nigeria Ikeja Branch, The intended
business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner (a Turkish) resident in
cote d'ivoire, he was a Contractor with one of the Government Parastatals.
He has in his Account in my branch the sum of US$17 Million (seventeen
Million U.S. Dollars). Unfortunately, the man died four years ago until
today non-of his next of kin has come Forward to claim the money. Having
noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank we
have covered up the account all this while.
Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin
and forward Your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you
by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all internal
documentation’s to back up the claims The whole procedures will last only
ten working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without trace even
in future. Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged
all necessary things As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to
me indicating your interest Then I will furnish you with the whole
procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully Concluded for your
assistance we have agreed to give you thirty percent (30%) of the Total sum
at the end of the transaction. It is risk free and a big mega fortune all
correspondence Towards this transaction will be through telephone and fax. I
await your earliest response.
Thanks, Yours Sincerely
Mr. John Peters ut trace even in future. Your response is only what we are
waiting for as we have arranged all necessary things As soon as this message
comes to you kindly get back to me indicating your interest Then I will
furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is
successfully Concluded for your assistance we have agreed to give you thirty
percent (30%) of the Total sum at the end of the transaction. It is risk
free and a big mega fortune all correspondence Towards this transaction will
be through telephone and fax. I await your earliest response.
Thanks, Yours Sincerely
MR WILLIAMS BELLO
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