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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: "BASHIRU IBRAHIM" <bash30762114@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibra_bash@myway.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:47:23 +0000
Subject: Urgent Assistance
Dr IBRAHIM BASHIIR.
Lagos-Nigeria.
PRIVATE E-MAIL:ibra_bash@myway.com
ATTN:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR.
Dear Sir,
I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, I got
your contact in my search for a reputable and trust worthy
person/Company, who can stand confidently with me in this
successful business arrangement. Before I proceed, I will like to introduce
my humble self to you.
I am, the Auditor General of a Government Accredited Oil Company here in
Nigeria. Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is anchored on my
strong desire to solicit your sincere understanding and co-operation in this
transaction that would certainly boost the financial stand of both parties
involved when completed. As a matter of fact, We want to transfer to
overseas (US$ 152,000.000.00 USD) One hundred and Fifty two million United
States Dollars) from the Oil company's operating Bank account here in
Africa, I want you
to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to
set up a new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an empty
account can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest
to me till the end of this important transaction, trusting in you and
believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in the near
future.
In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a
floating fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the bank
in 1990 and since then, nobody has operated on this account again, after
going through some old files in the records I discovered that the money in
the account was mapped out for the refurbishment of the Oil Company's
Machineries. Meanwhile, Mr. Magnus Leon, the President of the Oil Company
was the only signatory to the account,
but unfortunately he died after a brief illness in 1993. And no
other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, and the
account has no other beneficiary. And my investigation proved to me that Mr.
Magnus Leon, until his death had wanted to siphoned that money into his
personal account in New York hence he did not disclose the operating devises
of the account to the Board of Trustees.
I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you are a
foreigner because, this money can only be approved to any foreigner who can
present all documents that will prove that he/she is the Next of
Kin/Beneficiary to the account base on the fact that Mr. Magnus Leon the
owner of this account is a foreigner, and the money can only be approved
into a foreign bank account.
Therefore, if you are capable of handling this transaction with me, lets
make the necessary arrangement for the hitch-free transfer of this money to
any safe bank account that you may nominate, on a share percentage bases.
We will start the first transfer with Fifty Two Million USD
[$52,000.000] upon the successful actualization of the first transfer,
without any disappointment from your side; we shall re-apply for the payment
of the remaining amount, to your account. However, we shall sign a binding
agreement, to bind us together as partners in this regard.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never
let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I
am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently and indicate your
sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the modalities already mapped
out for the hitch-free transfer of the money out of Africa here.
I will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contacting you I
need your full co-operation to make this work adequately.
Upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and
Willing to meet up with the instructions of the top bank official that is
deeply involved with me in this business, I shall commence actions
immediately to process the payment of the money in your favor as the
beneficiary.
With my influence and the position of the bank official we can
transfer this money to any reliable foreign bank account, which you can
provide.
I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you as soon as
possible.
Yours truly,
Dr.IBRAHIM BASHIIR
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