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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: "Frank Nze" <franknze@msn.com>
Reply-To: frank_nze@walla.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:12:57 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND
HEADQUARTER,
AFRICAN CONTINENTAL BANK PLC,
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidentiality in this Transaction. I am
MR Frank Nze, credit officer with African Continental Bank of Nigeria
PLC,Lagos. I came to you in my private search for a reliable person to
handle this confidential transaction, which involves huge sum of money to
your country.The Proposition: A foreigner an American, late Mr. David
Clementson (SNR) Who died on February 4th, 2000 board Alaska Airlines Flight
261. Alongside 87 other passengers. Please view the website below for
verification. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/dClementson.html,
while returning to his country from a business trip. He Banked with us at
ACB BANK of Nigeria plc Lagos and had a closing balance worth US$19.5,
Million, having heard of the tragic incident involving late Mr. David
Clementson (SNR) the bank now Expects a next of kin as a beneficiary.
Valuable efforts have been made by African Continental Bank to get in touch
with any of his family's but I personally found out that he until his death
neither had wife nor a child that is known to us. Meanwhile this is the
website of the people that died in the Alaska Airlines Flight 261, the only
next of kin given to us by late Mr. David Clementson unfortunately was with
him in the same flight that crashed, and this is unknown to the bank. I'm
taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my family; I
now decided to seek your permission to have you stand as the next of kin to
late Mr. David Clementson , so that the fund (US$19.5M) will be released
into
your account as the next of kin.All documents and proves to enable you get
this fund will be carefully worked out, by the lawyer that I will employ to
work with me down here on your behalf. I am assuring you that this
transaction and its procedures is 100% legal and risk free involvement.
Your share stays while the rest will be for me. The sharing of the fund
between the two of us will be as follows: 30% of the total sum will go to
you for your effort and commitment to the success of this transaction. 65%
will be for us here. While 5% as been set aside for expenses incurred in due
process of this transaction. As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of the
receipt of this message in Acceptance, I will immediately start up with the
process. If this proposal is acceptable by you, kindly forward to me your
private telephone/fax or preferably your mobile numbers, address and banking
informations and I will have to apply for the release and subsequent
Transfer of the fund in your favor.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
MR. Frank Nze
(Credit Officer, ACB PLC (Nigeria)
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