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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: "United Bank Plc" <foreignoperationdpt@unitedbankplc.net>
Reply-To: UNITEDBANKFOREIGNOPERATIONDPT@YAHOO.COM
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:49:39 +0000
Subject: Dr.Tony Edeh
The Manager
Foreign Payment Dept.
Unite Bank for Africa(PLC)
Enugu,P.M.B. 1334
Nigeria
Email:foreignoperationdpt@unitedbankplc.net
ATTN.Sir,
RE: TRANSFER OF ($42,000.000.00 USD} FORTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS).
My name is DR.TONY EDEH; I am the operational manager in account Section
in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks Here in
Nigeria. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my Bank (MR.
ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who perished with his Whole families
on 25TH JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [ Flight AF4590 ] with the whole
passengers aboard.[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm] .
There is an account opened in this bank in 1998 by this great late
INDUSTRIALIST who died without a written or oral WILL attached to the
account. Since his death, I personally have watched with keen interest to
see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come
to claim his funds and no other person knows about this account or anything
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he
was the manager of his company. The total amount involved is $42,000,000.00
USD. [FORTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS)].
We wish to start the first transfer with $20,000,000.00[Twenty million] and
upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side, we
shall reapply for the transfer of the remaining balance to your account. I
have secretly discussed this matter with the general manager of my bank who
I must involve in order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of the
fund to any foreign bank account which you are going to nominate. On this
note, I decided to seek for a reliable foreigner who will act as the foreign
beneficiary of the fund from the deceased by providing his/her bank account
where the fund will be transferred into for immediate investment on any
viable project as no one has come up to be the next of kin.
The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than six
years without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government
treasury as unclaimed after this long period of dormancy.
In view of this I got your contact through my personal search to see if you
can assist by providing your safe bank account for the transfer or find a
reliable person who will be capable of receiving such amount in his or her
personal account. At the conclusion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be
for us here, we would give you 20% of the total transfer sum, 10% for
charity both in Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be
set aside to settle expenses both parties might incur during the transfer
process.
I wait in anticipation of your co-operation in reply and also ready for any
questions concerning the clarity of this transaction.
KIND REGARDS
DR.TONY EDEH
Foreign Payment Dept.
Unite Bank for Africa(PLC)
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