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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: "LEGATE CHIDI" <legatechidi@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 03:03:42 -0700
Subject: ATTN: NEEDED
Dear Friend,
I am Legate Chidi, Bank Manager of Zenith Bank,Lagos,Nigeria.I have
urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On June
6, 1997, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.Barry Kelly made a numbered time
(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$26,500,000.00, (Twenty-six Million, five hundred thousand
Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that
Mr. Barry Kelly died from an automobile accident.On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry
Kelly did not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum
of US$26,500,000.00 has carefully been moved out of my bank to a
security company for safekeeping.No one will ever come forward to
claim it. According to Nigerian Law,at the expiration of 8 (Eight)
years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as an Foreigner to
stand in as the owner of the money I deposited it in a security
company in two trunk boxes though the security company does not know
the contents of the boxes as I tagged them to be photographic
materials for export. I am writing you because I as a public servant
(Manager with the bank), I cannot operate a foreign account or have
an account that is more than $1m. I want to present you as the owner
of the boxes in the security company so you can be able to claim
them with the help of my attorney. This is simple.I will like
you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the
Attorney will prepare the necessary documents which will put you in
place as the as the owner of the boxes. The money will be moved out
for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you. There is
no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and this will guarantees the successful
execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my alternate
email address legate32chambers@yahoo.com
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.(Buying
of properties like houses,hotels etc) Please do send me your
private/mobile telephone fax number so that we can have a smooth
communication.
Thanks and regards.
Legate Chidi,
Manager,
Zenith Bank International Plc.
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