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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.Frank Okolo" <drfrankokolo300@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drfrank_okolo1@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:12:17 +0000
Subject: Re: Happy New Year
Re: Happy New Year
>From Dr.Frank Okolo
The Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
Regent Bank Nig Plc
Victoris Island
Lagos-Nigeria.
Please Reply To: drfrankokolo@excite.com
Attention: Sir/Madam,
My name is Dr.Frank Okolo, the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of
Regent Bank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank
with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an
american by citizen who perished in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight
261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.
You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site which I got during
my investigation;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with
keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one
has come to claim his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred
Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very
long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used
as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the
banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than Ten Years,
because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund
after this period.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was making
a research on a foreigner i will use in this great opportunity.
For your assistant i will give you 30% of the total amount then 10% has
been maped out to donate to the motherless baby home, while the remaining
60% will be for me and my partner. Upon the receipt of your response, I will
send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which you will type sign
and send back to our bank to enable us start this transaction.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch
free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the
smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction
will be completed within five banking days of recieving your response, after
you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.
When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication
on my personal email address.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Frank Okolo
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
Regent Bank Nig Plc
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