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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: "PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO CBN GOVERNOR" <charles_cbn_soludo_govr@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: soludo_cbn_govt@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:13:29 -0500
Subject: Dear trust,
FROM THE DESK OF:PROFESSOR CHARLES c. SOLUDO
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
MARINA LAGOS.
Dear trust,
I am very sorry for the embarrassment this mail might cause you as we have never seen or met before, but please read. It is my pleasure to write and inform you of a transaction involving the transfer of US $10,5 Million (Ten Million Five Hundred US Dollars) into a foreign Account for safe keeping pending my arrival with my colleagues for sharing.
I am the EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. During our last audit exercise, some amount of money totaling $10.5Million was discovered and traced to be owned by one Engr. Eric , a foreigner who died in a mysterious car crash. The source of this fund was further traced to be a contract payment made to him by the Federal Government since he has always used our Bank, but this fund has remained unclaimed till now. After further investigation it was also discovered that Engr. Eric did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one outside the Bank institution knew of his deposit with my bank.
Since his death, nobody has shown up to claim this fund and this attracted our managements curiosity thereby declaring the account dormant. A Panel/Committee was setup by the Federal Government on recovery of funds, hence this fund should be unquestionably claimed by any of his available next of kin. It is because of the perceived possibility of not going to be able to provide any of his next of kin that I took it upon myself to source for a trusted and reliable person from his Country and who bears the same name with him to assist me in claiming the said fund. Therefore, I wish to front you as his next of Kin so you can come up to claim the fund which he deposited in our Bank before it will be confiscated to the National Treasury.
We will use our positions to get all-internal documentation's to back up the claims. The whole procedures will last for few working days to get the fund remitted successfully without trace even in future. Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all necessary documents. As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating your interest then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully concluded, for your assistance we have agreed to give you thirty percent (30%) of the total sum at the end of the transaction. It is risk free and a big fortune.
All correspondence towards this transaction will be through telephone and email as stated above. I need your telephone and fax numbers in your reply. Note that the documents and proofs to enable you get this fund would have been carefully worked out by a fully registered legal practitioner attached to this deal.
Finally, I advice you to frequent your mail for future correspondence.I await your earliest response.Yours Sincerely,PROFESSOR CHARLES c. SOLUDO.
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