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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: "IBRAHIM MUSA" <ibrahim_musa2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibmusa2000@excite.com
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:13:00 +0000
Subject: INVITING YOU TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN
Barrister Ibrahim Musa
First Atlantic Bank PLC
4/6 Adetokunbo Ademola Street
P. O. Box 75369
Victoria Island, Lagos-Nigeria
Dear Sir
I am Barrister Ibrahim Musa special advicer on finance at First Atlantic
Bank PLC. I am writing following an opportunity in this bank that will be of
immense benefit to both of us. In this bank we discovered an abandoned sum
of 10.5 million British Pounds Sterling (Ten million five hundred thousand
British Pounds) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers
Late Dr.MorrisTowne an American who unfortunately involved in a ghastly auto
accident along Shagamu Express road, unfortunately, all occupants of the
vehicle lost their lives On the 21st of October 2000, including his wife and
only daughter.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately I learnt that his
supposed next of kin being his only daughter Sheryl Towne,unfortunately she
was involved in the auto accident leaving nobody with the knowledge of this
fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and
one other officials in this bank now decided to make business with you and
release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for
safety keeping and subsequentdisbursement since nobody has come for it and
we don’t want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed
bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained
after five years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed funds. We agreed that 30 percent of this money would be for you as
foreign partner, while the balance will be for me and my colleague.
we will visit you in your country for the disbursement according to the
percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account.
Please honesty and trustworthy is our watchword in this transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive
this mail you should contact me Immediatelly by return mail. Please! Please!
I pray your urgent response.
if you are ready to claim this fund.
Send immediately, your full Name, Address, Private phone and Fax number to
my email address so that we can proceed with the preparation of some legal
documents making you the Next of Kin to Dr. Morris Towne and the
beneficiary of this fund. We will discuss much in details when I do receive
your response.
Best regards
Barrister Ibrahim Musa
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