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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: "Lee Weir" <mrleeweir@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:19:00 +0000
Subject: From: MR Lee Weir
From: MR Lee Weir.
Bills & Exchange Manager,
FIRST ALLANCIES INTERNATIONAL BANK
London,Uk.
Sir;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money
from a hidden account.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all
will be well at the end of the day.
We decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered a hidden sum of (Twenty Two Million Pounds Sterlings) in an
account that belongs to the late former Ist Lady of the FEDRAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA(CHEIF.MRS.STELLA ABEBE OBASANJO) one of our foreign customers who
recentely died. Due to the the account holder's position in the nigerian
government as the first lady,making such money known to the public will
arouse questions will not go all that well for the family and presidency at
large,so i hope you understand the need for confidentiality in this
transaction from both parties.
Since her death, none of her next-of-kin or relations has come forward to
lay claims to this money as the heir. We have reasons therefore to believe
that it was a secret account run by the first lady and only she has the
knowlegde of it and we cannot release the fund from her account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidelines.
If we are not fast about this transaction The Management under the influence
of our Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors can make an
arrangement for the funds 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.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next
of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by
us for the funds (Twenty Two Million Pounds Sterlings) to be released in
your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to note that we have secured from the probate an order
of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made.
I Would like to let you know that this transaction is strictly between you
and a very few of our bank officials who has knowlegde of this funds and we
are working together for the release of this funds.Due to the fact that
there is no official authorisation for this invitation to be next-of-kin,i
hope you can keep it confidential until we have finalised all necessary
arrangements for funds transfer.As soon as we receive an acknowledgement of
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, the
necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both parties are thus:
30% for you a/c owner,10% for the expeneses, 60% for i and my colleagues.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email.
Reply Via Email:weirlee@mmail.com
Regards,
Mr Lee Weir.
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