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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: "EDWARD SMITH" <edwardsmith602@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: edsmithzz8@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:25:40 -0800
Subject: Reply from Dr. Edward Smith.
Dear My Good Friend,
My name is Dr.Edward Smith. the auditor and head of computing department of
a bank here in Nigeria,Africa.There is an account opened in this bank in
1995 and since my inception into office in 2000, nobody has operated on this
account again, after going through some old files, I discovered that if I do
not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing. In
order to transfer out (Fourty five million $usa dollars) from our bank here
have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable for this important transaction, believing that you will never let me
down either now or in future.
HOW THE MONEY CAME ABOUT
The owner of this account was Mr. John Hughes who was a foreigner and the
manager of Petrol chemical service here in Nigeria, a chemical engineer by
profession and he died since 1997.And then, since 2001, nobody knows about
this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary
and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know
anything about this account and the amount involved is (45,000,000.00)
United State Dollars.
I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but I don't
know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be approved to any local bank here in Nigeria, but can only be
approved to any foreign account because the money is pounds sterling’s and
the former owner of the account is John Hughes and he was a foreigner too. I
know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know our
selves before neither have we let, but be sure that it is real and a genuine
business. I believe in God that you will never let le down in this
investment.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a
foreign account as the real beneficiary. I need your co-operation to make
this work fine, because the management is ready to approve this payment to
any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which I will
Give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and my advice for our
mutual benefit because I don't want to make any mistake, I need your strong
assurance and trust. I shall destroy all documents concerning these
transactions immediately we receive this money leaving no trace at all.
Let me inform you on one important thing that you must understand, First of
all, I would like you to note that I got your contact information from the
Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and I was given the contact information of Four
(4) different people whom the Chamber of Commerce recommended to me that you
are all reliable.
So I decided that I will consult my Pastor to pray over the 4 people so that
God will reveal whom I would transact this business with. Luckily for me, my
Pastor came back and said that he saw it in the Dream that God revealed to
him that if I transact this business with you, that you will not run away
with the 45,Million $US DOLLARS, and that you are the chosen one who is
completely fit to handle this business with me for a successful result.
Because of all the Good News that I received from my Pastor about you, I
strongly believed and trusted that you and I will be successfully blessed
With riches if we transact this business together,
I will use my position and influence on other staffs to effect the legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from foreign payment department. With assurance that this money
will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for the sharing
and possible investments. I will give you %35 for your help and %65 will be
for me. Kindly provide your phone number for easy communication,please I
will like you to contact me through my private E-mail address,
edsmithzz8@yahoo.co.uk here is my phone number: 234-1-4743540 OR
234-80-35677673..
Thanks and god bless you,
Sincerely,
EDWARD SMITH.
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