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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: "DR MARK SHILLITO" <dr_markshillito@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:34:37 -0800
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
DEAR FRIEND,
Please permit me to inform you that this proposal does
not have anything to do with ill intention or is it a
child play. Please if you receive it and after going
through it, you found you' self not interested in it,
Please kindly destroy it.
First, I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction; this is 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
by your country man who works in our embassy.
Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I
am .DR Mark Shillito Credit Officer with the Magnum
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
with Maximum Confidence.
THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
A Foreigner, an American, Late GILBERT STEELE(Snr.) an
Oil Merchant with The Federal Government of Nigeria,
until his death months ago in Kenya Air Plane (A310 -
300) Flight KQ430, Banked with us at Magnum Trust Bank
Plc, Lagos and had a closing balance as at the end of
September, 2000 worth US$25,000,000.00 (TWENTY Five
Million Dollars), the bank now expects a next of kin
as beneficiary. And I was contacted to do so. Valuable
efforts were made by me Magnum Trust Bank Plc to get
in touch with any of the STEELE'S Family or Relatives
but to no success.
It is because of the perceived possibility of not
being able to locate any of Late Engr. GILBERT
STEELE(Snr.)'s next of kin (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, made an arrangment for the fund to be
declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated to
the trust fund for arms and ammunition to further
enhance the course of War in Africa and the World in
General.
In order to avert this negative development, some of
my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission
to have you stand as next of kin to Late Engr.GILBERT
STEELE(Snr.) so that the fund US$25 Million(twenty
five million us dollars) will be released and paid
into your Account as the beneficiary's next of kin.
All documents and proves to enable you get this fund
will be carefully worked out. We have secure from the
probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries, and more so we are assuring you that
this business is 100% Risk Free involvement. Your
share stays while the rest be for myself and my
vcolleagues for investment purpose. According to
agreement within both parties.
As soon as we receive an acknowledgment or receipt of
this message in acceptance of our mutual business
proposal, we would furnish you with the necessary
modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both
parties without any conflict.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make
undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you.
contact me on this dr_markshillito@yahoo.ca
Best Regards.
DR.Mark Shillito
Credit Officer (MTB)
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