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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: "Kelvin Okoh" <kelvin_okoh@msn.com>
Reply-To: kelvin_okoh1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 07:51:56 +0000
Subject: THANK'S
Dear SIR/MADAM,
I am Prof. KELVIN OKOH, I am the Manager in the Department of accounts
division, Assurance Bank Limited, Marina branch Lagos-Nigeria. On
December
30th 2002, one of our high profile patrons Mr. Andrew Hilde. made a
numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit, for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch.
Upon
Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got
no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder andfinally we discovered
from
his contract employers he was aboard the, Boeing 727 Beirut-bound
charter
Jet which crashed on takeoff on December 26th 2003, see the below link
for
read more news about the air crash:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
After further inquest, it was discovered that he died without making a
WILL
and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved futile. On further
inquisition, it was discovered that Late Mr. Andrew did not declare
anynext
of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork here at the Bank. The total sum is US$21.5M still in
my
bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end
of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. In accord with
the
Federal banking Laws and Constitution, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to
claim
the funds.
Consequently, I shall present you as a foreigner to stand in, as the
next of
kin to this gentleman,and we can chenge your last name to be the same,
so
that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you, for us to share.
Upon
acceptance of this proposal, I shall give you detailed information on
how
this deal would be carried out. We shall employ the services of an
advocate
for the drafting of the letter of probate in your favor, and to obtain
all
other relevant papers in your name for the necessary documentation for
payment endorsement in my bank.
The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent for me, thirty
five
percent for you and five percent for any arising contingencies during
the
course of this transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed
under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law
or
any legal plight, as I will use my position in the bank to secure
approvals
and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. Please be
informed that your extreme discretion is required.
If this interests you, please reply me directly by email and indicate
your
full name, Address Date of Birth, Your contact Telephone and fax
numbers
respectively.
Upon receipt of your response, I will prepare a Text of Application you
will
send to my Bank Headquarters for payment approval in your favor. Please
feel
free to call me.
I await your urgent reply.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Prof. KELVIN OKOH.
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