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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: "Amadi Amadi" <amadi_emma3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: amadi1@indiatimes.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:24:45 +0000
Subject: THANK YOU
AMADI E AMADI,
Zennith Bank Ltd,
Lagos,Nigeria,
Tele:234-8032160618
Altanetive email address(amadi2@indiatimes.com)
Dear FRIEND,
I am Mr.AMADI E AMADI,Bank Manager of Zennith Bank,Lagos,Nigeria.I have
urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.On June 6,year
2002, 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
S$29,500,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) 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 next
of kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit Paperwork in my Bank. This
sum of US$29,500,000.00 has carefully been moved out of my bank to a
security company for safe-keeping. No one will ever come
forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Law,at the expiration of 5 (five)
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
in a security
company in trunk boxe , though the security company does not know the
contents of the boxe as I tagged them to be photographic materials for
export.
I am writing you because I as a public servant can not operate a foreign
account or have an account that is more than $1m.I want to present you as
the owner of the boxe in the security company so you can be able to claim
them with the help of my attorney.All these are
to make sure that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the
hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple. I will like you
to provide immediately your full names and address so that i will prepare
the necessary documents which will put you in
place as the owner of the boxe. The money will be out for us to share in the
ratio of 70% for me and 25% for you and 5% will take care of all expenses.
There is no risk at all, as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and this will guarantee the successful execution of
this transaction.If you are interested, please reply
immediately via through my altanetive email address
(amadi2@indiatimes.com).upon your response, I shall then provide you with
more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction.
Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be 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.Please do reply me
through my altanetive address (amadi2@indiatimes.com).
Thanks and regards.
Mr.AMADI E AMADI
Tele:234-8032160618
(amadi2@indiatimes.com)
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