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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: "Engr. Steven Oladele" <engineer01_steven@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:40:05 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU...?
Dear Friend,
I got your contacts through my personal research, and out of desperation I
decided to reach you through this medium.
I will give you more information as to this regard as soon as you reply.
I am Mr Steven Oladele, Manager, Foreign Operations Department, First
Bank of Nigeria Plc Lagos -Nigeria.
In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$30million usd (thirty
million US dollars) In an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers Engr. GARCIA LOMBADO,Upon maturity, my boss sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month,he sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers that he died in a plane crash in September,2000.
Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of Kin to come forward to claim his money because we can not release it
unless somebody applies for it as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking and financial policies, but unfortunately we learnt
that his supposed next of kin or relation died
along side with him in the accident leaving nobody behind to claim the
money;a very sad incident indeed.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I am writing you as the Foreign
operation manager who is privy to the information for you to apply for
the funds as the beneficiary next of kin to the money.
So,I therefore indulge you to apply as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased, since nobody is coming for it and we do not want this money to go
into the Bank treasury as unclaimed funds or shared among our top officials,
instead we can use the money for ourselves and for orphanage homes.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after (3)four years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
You may not be related to Garcia Lombado,the request for a foreigner as next
of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that as a public servant,I
cannot operate a foreign account or have an account that is more than
US$100,000.00 equivalent.
Aside, the customer was a foreigner and an indigene cannot stand as next of
kin to the deceased family.
My kindness will be for you as foreign partner to indicate what you want, in
respect to the provision
of a foreign account.
I shall provide you with all the necessary documents to back up your claim.
It accrue you 30% of this fund after all our expenses has been
deducted.Please honesty is the watch word in this transaction, I will
greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal in good faith.
I shall visit your country, for disbursement according to our agreed terms.
Therefore to enable the claim of this funds by you, you must apply first to
the Bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your private,
telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location where the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you the details of my plans to make
this a success.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction
is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements shall be made for the transfer.
I decided to contact you as you have products of interest in your part of
the world where we can invest my own share to avoid people's awareness
as a civil servants.
Please keep this very confidential.
Trusting to hear from you shortly on my alternative email address
Via:engineer01_steven@yahoo.com
YOURS SINCERELY
ENGINEER STEVEN OLADELE
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