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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: "martins monsai" <martinsmonsai@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:18:19 +0000
Subject: good day sir
>From the Desk of mr martinsmonsai Dear Friend,
Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise.
Since it is coming from someone you did not know or ever
seen before, But after due deliberation with my colleagues
we decided to forward this business proposal to you for
urgent respond.
My name is Mr martinsmonsai, The chief Accountant AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK ,LAGOS(A.D.B) I write this letter on
behalf of my colleagues in our department to ask for your
co-operation to carry out this,transaction. We discovered
some huge amount of money unclaimed in our bank. Amount of
$10.2m.(TEN MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLAS)This
money belongs to one Mr. John Edward from U.S.A., he is one of our customer.
We have been waiting for
this man to come and claim his money for many years now
but couldn't find him. At last after our investigation, we
find out that this man died in a plane crash in Kenya.
Since that time we have advertised for his next of kin or
relation to stand on his behalf but we find nobody to
surface or apply to claim this money. In this situation,>Me and my
colleagues decided to look for a trust worthy
foreigner that is capable or can stand as the next of kin
and claim this money in his name.Because the banking law of our country
states that any money in our bank for more than six years without being used
for any transaction will be retuned confiscated to the federal government
treasury.
We said all this things because our customer was a
foreigner, we don?t want this money to go into the federal
government treasure account as unclaimed fund.
We are civil servants and we are not being paid well.That is why we are
looking for your support to help in claiming this money.We will change all
the bank items and documents in your name as the next of kin. So as soon as
this money is transfered into your account, then I will apply for my
retirement and we will come down to your country where we will meet with you
face to face for the shearing of the
money. This business is risk free you have nothing to worry about. Just what
we need from you is trust and confidentiality. On confirmation of your
willingness to assist us in this business, the shearing mode will be
discussed.
All documents will be perfect according to the bank laws.
on replying to this proposal, include your bank details,
private phone and fax number and your address for easy
communication. I await your reply to enable us start this
transaction with immediate affect. Thanks for your co-
operation.
Yours sincerely
martinsmonsai
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
(A.D.B LAGOS,NIGERIA]
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