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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: "Tunde Badmus" <tundebadmus_nal@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:47:03 +0000
Subject: hello
>From The Desk: Mr. Tunde Badmus
Manager of International Relations
Nal Merchant Bank Limited.
Plot 106/108 Broad Street,
Lagos Island, Lagos,
Nigeria.
Greetings,
May I use this great opportunity to introduce my humble self to you. I am
Mr. Tunde Badmus. I am a banker in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and I am
the Manager of International Relations of the Nal Merchant Bank Limited. I
am a responsible 38-year-old-man, so I hope you will carefully read through
my email and reply me immediately. I am married with four children, and I
got your email contact from the internet and, after studying your
antecedent, my confidence reposed on you; so I thought I should write
directly to you in order to secure your trust and elicit your interest for a
huge sum of money I wish to transfer into your foreign account.
My dear, the money I wish to transfer into your account can be very legal,
easy and 100% risk-free. In my bank, where I work (i.e., Nal Merchant Bank
Limited), we had a customer, a foreigner, who was based here in Nigeria
since 1985 with his wife and two children. His name was Mr. Hamilton Creek
and he had been banking with Nal Merchant Bank Limited for the past 14
years. He was from Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America. But a
few years ago, in August 20th, precisely, Mr. Hamilton Creek had a ghastly
car accident that cost him his life. He and his entire family members were
actually on their way home from a summer holiday when he ran their car into
a fully loaded groundnut-oil tanker. The collision was so fatal that the
both vehicles caught fire, causing Mr. Hamilton Creek and his entire family
members to burn on the spot. No single soul survived; so Mr. Hamilton Creek
died without a next of kin.
Consequently, the Board of Directors and Management of the Nal Merchant Bank
Limited had a summit on the matter and decided, according to the bank's
business ethics, to transfer Mr. Hamilton Creek's unclaimed deposit to any
of his relatives, since his son, who was supposed to inherit the money, also
died in the car accident. Presently, my bank has mandated me, as the Manager
of International Relations to search for Mr. Hamilton Creek's relative to
come forth with the relevant documents and claim Mr. Hamilton Creek's money,
which he had been depositing with my bank before he died. On my part, I
contacted the United States embassy in Nigeria but the Ambassador, Mr. John
Campbell, after scrutinizing for Mr. Hamilton Creek's relatives, informed me
that Mr. Hamilton Creek had no known relative in the United States of
America. He died without any other next of kin.
So the essence of contacting you is that I would like to front you to my
bank as the maternal relative of Mr. Hamilton Creek, so that his deposit can
be transferred to you for us to split. I have all the relevant information
and I can procure all the relevant documents that you would send to my bank
as proof, and in a matter of weeks Mr. Hamilton Creek's money would all be
transferred into your account in your own country, so that we can split it
equally. Having explained that, I am sanguine that it will interest you to
know that Mr. Hamilton Creek has a domiciliary bank account with my bank
amounting to a total of US$9.2 (nine million two hundred thousand United
States Dollars).
Finally, if you are interested in this transfer, I would front you to my
bank as the only next of kin to Late Mr. Hamilton Creek. I would also let my
bank to understand that you are the only legitimate heir to the money and
properties of Late Mr. Hamilton Creek. To proceed with this transfer, I
would like you to just email me. And as soon as you do, I would provide the
documents for you and Late Mr. Hamilton Creek's money would be credited into
your account. All his properties under the bank's possession would also be
released and shipped to you in your own country. Endeavour to reply me
immediately through this mailbox or my alternative mailbox if you have any
problem contacting me with this, so that we can expedite this transfer. As
soon as we do, we would split the money 50/50; that is, US$4.6 (four million
six hundred thousand United States Dollars). Thank you very much and may God
bless you.
Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Warm regards and keep in touch,
Tunde Badmus.
LAGOS-NIGERIA
Let me have your contact phone number if you're interested.
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