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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: "musa mohammed" <musa_mohammed002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: musa_mohammed20@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:17:31 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP/TREAT URGENT
DEAR SIR/MRS,
Please permit me to contact you through this medium. I know that the
contents of this email may make you apprehensive especially since itis
coming from a foriegner,well I look forward to your earliest breply. I am
Mr. MUSA MOHAMMED,an accounts officer with ECO BANK PLC,Marina Branch,
Lagos-Nigeria.I have urgent and private business proposition for you. On May
4Th 2002, an Oil Consultant/Contractor with the SUMMIT Oil Nigeria Ltd.,
ENGR DAVID JOHN,made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months valued at US$10,000 000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars)in my
branch. I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply.
After a month, I sent a reminder and finally I discovered from his contract
employers the Mobil Oil Nigeria Ltd that ENGR DAVID JOHNS died in auto crash
going to Abuja our Federal Capital Territory.On further investigation,I
found out that he died without making his "WILL",and all attempts to trace
his next of kin was fruitless.Further investigation also revealed that he
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$10,000,000.00 is still sitting in my bank and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will
ever come forward to claim it.
According to Nigeria 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 would want you to act
as the next of kin to ENGR DAVID JOHNS (and you will be presented as the
next of kin) so that this fund will be transferred and paid to you.A bank
account in any part of the world,which you will! provide will facilitate
the transfer of this money to you as the b eneficiary. The money will be
paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40%
for you and my plan is to invest my own share of the money into real estate
and stocks in your country.
I decided to give you this percentage in order to motivate you and also to
let you feel satisfied at the end of this transaction. I assure you that
this transaction would protect you from any breach of law and I hope that
it will be of mutual benefit to both of us.
Therefore I will like you to provide me with your full name, direct
telephone and your personal address to enable me commence the process that
will put you in place as the next of kin.I would wait to read from you.
I am yours trully,
MR MUSA MOHAMMED
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