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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: "Victor Okoloba" <victorokoloba@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:53:13 +0000
Subject: CONTACT ME ASAP
CONTACT ME ASAP
Mr.Victor Okoloba,
Senior Manager Accounts,
Audit Department,
First Bank Nig Plc,
Marina Branch,
Dear friend,
I am Mr.Victor Okoloba, senior manager accounts/audit department,
in first bank of Nigeria Plc. DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, who was
a contractor with Shell-development Company in Nigeria and
a personal friend Died and left behind his deposit in this
bank (FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC) valued USD 20,723,822.90.
I am writing to seek your cooperation over this business
deal. In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of
USD 20,723,822.90.(Twenty Million,seven hundred and twenty
three thousand eight hundred and twenty-two dollars,ninety
cents) only , in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers who died along with his entire family in
a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East Africa, the
Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta, United
States of America but resident here in Nigeria, West
Africa and a physician .
Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money
because it cannot be released unless somebody applies for
it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guidelines but unfortunately,all his
upposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at
the plane crash leaving nobody behind to claim the money.
Therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make
this business proposal to you and release the money to you
via your foreign bank account as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and this money
Could go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after four years, the money will
be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request for your assistance and maximum co-operation
as a foreign citizen to stand as the next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the deceased
customer was a foreigner.
30% of this money will be for you as my foreign partner,
in respect to the provision of a foreign account. and 60%
would be for me,why 10% will be for expense that will that place in the
trascation.There after I will come over to your
country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to
you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the
relation or next of kin to the deceased, indicating your
claims and where the money will be remitted into.
Upon receipt of your respose indicating your willingness
to work with me, I will send to you by fax or email the
contact information of my bank manager which you will use
to submit the application and I will direct you on how to
do that. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is strictly confidential and I will use my
position in this Bank to effect a hitch free transfer of
the fund and that is to say I guarantee that this
transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of
the law.
Please get in touch with me through my email:
victorokoloba2@yahoo.com
send to me your full name telephone
and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this
transaction.
You can visit the website below for more information about
the Plane Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and
his entire family, Late DR GEORGE BRUMLEY.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
Awaiting your urgent reply
Thanks and my regards.
Mr.Victor Okoloba.
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