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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: "Mr Omar" <mromar2001@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:05:07 +0100
Subject: Srictly Confidential
WEMA BANK PLC,
Dear Friend,
With presumed reliance, let me introduce myself. My name is Mr. Omar Bongo I
am clerk under the director in charge of audting and accounting
department with the Wema Bank of Nigeria Plc. I got your contact over the
Internet in my search for the relatives of one of our numerous customers who
died accidentally alongside with his family having discovered that you share
the same name.
During our routine check in my branch, I discovered an abandoned sum of
($9.5M USD) Nine Million, Five hundred thousand United States Dollars in an
account belonging to one of our foreign customers Mr. Garry Sabato an
expatriate that was working with one of the leading Oil Company in Nigeria
before his accidental death alongside with his entire family on Saturday 4th
May 2002 via the ill-fated EAS Airline crash. This incident was highly
publicized. You may visit the following websites to confirm this incident.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm
http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
Ever since then, several attempts have been made to locate his relatives
without success. So far, valuable efforts has been made to get to his people
but to no avail, as he had no known relatives.More because he left his next
of kin column in his account opening forms blank. I have been expecting his
relatives or next of kin to come over and claim his money because it ncannot
be claimed unless somebody applies officially for it as his next of kin as
indicated in our banking guide. Unfortunately, I discovered that all his
supposed next of kin (his wife and children) died with him over the plane
crash incident. Over the years, I am asking for your assistant to release
the money to you as his relation/next of kin for safekeeping and subsequent
disbursement. Iknow that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
worried and apprehensive but I am assuring you not to worry, as all will be
well at the end of this endeavor. Arrangements have been perfected for a
smooth operation.
You are being contacted because you share the same name with the deceased.
Since nobody showed up for his money and I don't want it to go back into
Federal Government account as unclaimed bill when the next audit is
conducted. The banking law and guideline here stipulates that such money if
remain unclaimed after, will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed effect. The request of a foreigner to act as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. You are most qualified
in this transaction as you share the same name with the deceased. I am ready
to negotiate the mode of sharing with you. I will visit your country for
the disbursement/investing of my share according to the percentages we
agreed upon after the successful transfer of the money to your account.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%
hitch-free and that there is absolutely no risk at all in this as I have
concluded the modalities for a smooth operation and my position guarantees
its successful execution. All I require is your honest co-operation, a
guarantee of your sincerity and capability to enable us conclude this deal.
Due to the sensitive nature of this transaction, I advice that you maintain
absolute confidentiality while it lasts.
Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence and disregard this letter if
you do not appreciate this proposition.Thank you very much for your
time.Reply to (mr_omar2003@myway.com)
Trusting to hear from you immediately,
Yours faithfully,
Best regards,
Mr Omar Bongo
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