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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: "Dr Mike Obi" <drmikeobi2@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:47:10 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED:
SIR/mam,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction,as we
have been reliably informed of your discreetness and ability intransaction
of this nature.Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. Iam DR
MIKE obi,the manager with the Zenith Bank Plc, Lagos.
I came to know you in my Private Search for a Reliable and Reputable Person
to handle this Confidential Transaction, which involves the transfer of Huge
sum of Money to a Foreign Account requiring Maximum Confidence.THE
PROPOSITION:A Foreigner an Australia,Late Engr. GEORGE WILSON(Snr.) an Oil
Merchant with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death months ago
in Kenya Air Bus (A310-300)Flight KQ431,Banked with us at Zenith Bank Plc,
Lagos and had a closing balance as at the end of September, 2000 worth
US$45,000,000(fourty five million United Stat Dollars),
The bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary. Valuable efforts are
being made by the Zenith Bank Plc to get in touch with any of the WILSON
family or relatives but to no success.It is because of the perceived
possibility of not being able to locate any of Late Engr. GEORGE
WILSON(Snr.)' s next kin (He had no wife or children that is know to us).
The Management under the influence of our Chairman and Members of the Board
of Directors, that arrangement has been made for the fund to be declared
"Unclaimed"and subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms and
ammunition to further enhance the course of War in Africa
and the World in General.In order to divert this negative development some
of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as
next
of kin to Late Engr. GEORGE WILSON (Snr.) in other that the fund US$45
million will be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's
next of kin. All documents and proves to enable you get his fund will be
carefully worked out.
We have secure from the probate, an order of made mus to locate any of the
deceased beneficiaries, and more over we are assuring you that this business
is 100% Risk Free involvement.Your share stays while the rest be for myself
and my colleagues for investment purpose.
According to the agreement between both parties.As soon as we receive an
acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
busines proposal, we would furnish you with the necessary modalities and
disbursement ratio to suite both parties with out any conflict. While
replying furnish me with your private fax and phone number for easy
communication.If this
proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the trust we
have best owed in you.Here is my private telephone
number.234-147-155-64,were you can reach me.
Best regards,
DR MIKE obi
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