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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: "john zuma" <johnzuma1@msn.com>
Reply-To: johnzumaud@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:19:02 +0000
Subject: VERY NICE TO SEE YOUR
BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA,
FEDERAL HIGH COURT NIGERIA
WHITE-HOUSE BUILDING,
14 TINUBU SQUARE CRESCENT,
LAGOS NIGERIA
Dear Friend,
I am Mr. john zuma, and I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge
sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of
this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you
due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION:
I am the account officer to Dr. Mohamed musa (deceased) one of our foreign
customers. While he banked with us, I oversaw his accounts and other
official/financial obligations as my office demanded being his accounts
officer.Unfortunately, he died along with his entire family in the plane
crash of 31 October, 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alonside other
passengers. Please consult the website below for verification.
www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm.
While he was alive, none of his family members was ever known to me other
than his immediate nuclear family.Since his death, none of his next-of-kin
or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. I
cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as
the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Having made a very frantic and exhaustive for search of any of his family
members for the claim of the fund proved abortive, I decided to take my
chance with you.I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin
to the deceased as I have all documentations including his certified Death
Certificate that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to him as he had
a closing balanced of 11,500,000.00 GBPS(Great British Pounds Sterling) here
in our bank in Nigeria. I also have secured from the probate an order of
mandamus to locate any member of deceased family to become beneficiary of
this fund.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following:
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable me make some internal re-adjustments and file
your name in all the forms and other vital documents as next of kin which
before now was left blank by the deceased upon opening of the account seven
years ago. Upon your reply, I will advice the way forward. I must assure you
that if you are serious and follow my instructions carefully, then this
funds will be released to you within a seven-working-day
period,mail.johnzumaud@yahoo.fr
.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent
Regards,
Mr. john zuma,
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