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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: "Jethro Amah" <jethroamah1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jethroamah@edumail.co.za
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:44:37 +0000
Subject: comfirm respons
FROM: MR. JETHRO AMAH,
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
VICTORIA ISLAND.
LAGOS NIGERIA.
DEAR,
MY NAME IS MR. JETHRO AMAH, BRANCH MANAGER UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
I AM WRITTING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK (Mrs. BARBARA
FREEMAN AND JAROLD FREEMAN, OF AMERICA) WHO PERISHED IN THE PLANE CRASH OF
31 OCTOBER 1999 [WITH AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990] WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ON
BOARD.
SIR, SINCE THE DEMISE OF Mrs. BARBARA FREEMAN, I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED
WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE HER NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAVE PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO
ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM HER FUNDS OF USD25M, [TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ONLY] WHICH HAS BEEN WITH OUR BANK HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
ON THIS NOTE, I HAVE DECIDED TO SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME
ACTUALISE THIS TRANSACTION,AND FOR YOU BE USED
AS THE NEXT OF KIN, AS NO ONE HAS COME TO PUT UP ANY CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF
KIN AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY FOR MORE
THAN EIGHT YEARS, BECUASE AFTER EIGHT YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK
TO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.
IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE
MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME/COMPANY COULD BE
PURPORTED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM. THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS
A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER
WAS A FOREIGNER AND A NIGERIAN CAN NOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A
FOREIGNER.
I THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT 20% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN
PARTNER IN RESPECT OF YOUR PROVIDING A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, WHILE 10% WILL BE
FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURED IN THE PROCESS OF THE TRANSFER AND
THE REST WILL BE FOR US HERE. THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT.
UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY,I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A DRAFT
APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND
THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE.
I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE
AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR, SINCE THE WHOLE REQUIRED
ARRANGEMENTS AND MORDALITIES HAVE BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER.WHAT I
NEED FROM YOU NOW IS YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS
INCLUDING YOUR NAMES.
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST. INFORM ME IF YOU ARE NOT INTEREST TO THIS
PROPOSAL AS WELL.
BEST REGARDS
MR. JETHRO AMAH.
PLEASE NOTE MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS AND REPLY ONLY;
(jethamah@yahoo.com.ph)
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