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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: RICHARD WALLACE <richardsen@zwallet.com>
Reply-To: senrichie@netscape.net
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:48:47 +0100
Subject: RELATIONSHIP FOR CO-OPERATIVE BUSINESS
Dear Sir/Ma
I am MR.RICHARD WALLAS, Head Foreign Exchange Dept; WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA
.Every Six years, European Banks transfer to it?s Europe treasury
millions of Dollars/Euro of unclaimed deceased Depositors Funds, in compliance
with the Banking Laws and Guidelines. In the majority of cases, with
reference to WEMA BANK, the money normally runs into several millions of
Dollars. Recently, a customer of WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong, governor of
Taiwan's Central Bank, his wife and only Daughter with other four other finance
officials returning from a conference in Bali Died in a plane crash in Taiwan.
Ever since his death and up till this time of writing, no next of kin or
relation
of his has come forward to claim his money with us, since they lost
their only daughter who was supposed to inherit this liquid assets.
However, with my position, as the directly in charge of Bills and
Exchange in the Foreign Remittance Department of this bank. I am in a position
to effect the payment of this money to whosoever that present himself or
herself as the next of kin or relation of late Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong with the
basic required documents by the WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA
Please View this website:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
The purpose of my writing to you exclusively is that I want to pull out
this unclaimed money amounting to, US$45,900,000.00 (Forty Five
Million,Nine
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with your cooperation and
assistance
by just doing the following-
1. Act as the next of kin or relation of late Mr. Sheu Yuan-Dong
2. Provide your bank account and location where you want the money
remitted.
3. Provide your direct and private telephone/fax numbers for effective
communication.
4. Give immediate reply to this proposal, using this email address.
Upon receipt of your response and agreement with my terms, All
necessary
legally certified documents that shall proves you as the next of
kin/beneficiary
of the said funds shall be secured by an attorney on you behalf. 35%
will
be allocated to you for your assistance as next of kin, 60% to me and
remaining
10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
As a matter of fact,it is pertinent to inform you that all modalities
will
be accomplish and all logistics put in good shape to effect the payment
to you.
Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship.
Treat with extremely confidential
Best regards,
Head Foreign Exchange Dept,
WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA
Note: The Money could also be paid officially
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