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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: "paul mbeki" <paulmbeki@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mbekipaul1@caramail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:00:29 +0000
Subject: Re;Dear
Dear Friend,
How are you and everything generally?My name is Mr Paul Mbeki,I got your esteemed email contact from reliable source.I write to seek your assistance in the contest below.
I have been so confused since I got to carry out the general auditing of LAGOS BRANCH of union bank of Nigeria plc were I am currently the branch manager.
I would take a step of faith to tell you this.there was this foreigner Mr Manfred Gregory Marschall,A consultant/contractor with the federal ministry of mines and power here in Nigeria,in November 2000 he made a numbered time(fixed)deposit,valued at us$11,500,000,000,00 [eleven million five hundred united state dollars,]for twelve calendar months in my bank branch, upon maturity,we sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but no reply,After a month,we sent a reminder and finally I discover from his contract employers that Mr Manfred Gregory Marschall has died from an automobile accident,on further investigation,I found out that he died without making will and all attempts to trace his relation/next of kin was fruitless,I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr Manfred Gregory Marschall did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents,including his bank deposit paperwork in m
y our bank.
This sum of us$11.5 million,is still intact in the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at end of every year,no one will ever come forward to claim it.
Officially,Nigeria federal law specify it clearly in the banking act of 1999 amended constitution,that fund deposited with bank,after five years without servicing,the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigeria government,if nobody applies to claim the fund.
However,based on the above information,I have decided to present you as the next of kin to late Mr Manfred our deceased customer, so that the proceed of this deposit can be transferred to you,as his next of kin for our sharing,I intend putting my share of the fund for investment purpose outside Nigeria.
All what I need from you,is your sincere trust that you can not sit on this fund,when it is finally transferred into your account.
Note;your compensation in this project is negotiable.
I am waiting for your positive response.
My best regard.
>From PAUL MBEKI
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