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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: "GARUBA USMAN" <garus03@msn.com>
Reply-To: garus_100@post.cz
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:01:30 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend
Dear Friend,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this by virtue of
its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that
a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We
have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as we
have been reliably informed of your discreetness and ability in transaction
of this nature.
Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am Garuba Usman an
accountant with Equitorial Trust Bank plc, Lagos. I came to know you in my
private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this
confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum of money
to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence and co-operation.
THE POSITION OF THE FUND:
A foreigner and National of your country who was an oil merchant with the
Federal Government ofNigeria,until his death in Kenya Air Bus (A310 - 300)
Flight KQ430, Banked with us at Equitorial Trust Bank plc, Lagos and has a
closing balance as at the end of Sept.2002 worth (20.5 Million U.S
Dollars).,(Twenty million, five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), the
bank now expects a next of kin as a beneficiary.
Valuable efforts are being made by the Equitorial Trust Bank Plc of Nigeria
to get in touch with any of the deceased's family or relatives but to no
avail. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to
locate any of his relatives [He had no wife or children that is known to
us], the
management under the influence of our chairman and members of the board of
directors have made all arrangements to declare the fund {Unclaimed} and
subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms and ammunition to further
enhance the course of war in Africa.
In order to avert this negative development, some of my trusted colleagues
and I now seek your permission to you stand as next of kin to the dead man
so that the fund (20.5 Million U.S Dollars)., will be released and paid into
your account as the beneficiary's next of kin.
All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out. We have been ordered to locate any of the deceased's beneficiary
and more so we are assuring you that the transaction is 100% risk free.
Your share of the total sum of the fund is 40%, while the rest will be for
myself and my colleagues for investment purpose, according to agreement
within both parties.
As soon as we receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, we would furnish you with the
necessary modalities and disbursementratio to suit both parties.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, indicate by sending the following
information;
1} Your full name.
2} Your residential address
3} Your private telephone number
4} Your fax number.
Have my best regards and God bless you.
Garuba Usman.
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