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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: ken williams <williams_ken1966@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ken_williams2005@myway.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:56:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: good day
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: williams_ken1966@yahoo.com
Mr.ken williams.
Lagos-Nigeria.
Reply to:kenwilliams2005@myway.com
ATTN:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR.
Dear Sir/madam,
I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, I got
your contact in my search for a reputable and trust worthy
person/Company, who can stand confidently with me in this
successful business arrangement. Before I proceed, I will like to
introduce my humble self to you.
I am, the Auditor General of a Government Accredited Oil Company
here in Nigeria. Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is
anchored on my strong desire to solicit your sincere understanding
and co-operation in this transaction that would certainly boost the
financial stand of both parties involved when completed. As a
matter of fact, We want to transfer to overseas (US$ 152,000.000.00
USD) One hundred and Fifty two million United States Dollars) from
the Oil company's operating Bank account here in Africa, I want you
to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to
set up a new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an
empty account can serve to receive this money, as long as you will
remain honest to me till the end of this important transaction,
trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in the near future.
In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a
floating fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with
the bank in 1990 and since then, nobody has operated on this
account again, after going through some old files in the records
I discovered that the money in the account was mapped out for the
refurbishment of the Oil Company's Machineries. Meanwhile, Mr. Magnus
Leon,the President of the Oil Company was the only signatory to the
account,but unfortunately he died after a brief illness in 1993. And
no
other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,
and the account has no other beneficiary. And my investigation
proved to me that Mr. Magnus Leon, until his death had wanted to
siphoned that money into his personal account in New York hence he
did not disclose the operating devises of the account to the Board
of Trustees.
I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you
are a foreigner because, this money can only be approved to any
foreigner who can present all documents that will prove that he/she
is the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to the account base on the fact that
Mr. Magnus Leon the owner of this account is a foreigner, and the
money can only be approved into a foreign bank account.
Therefore, if you are capable of handling this transaction with me,
lets make the necessary arrangement for the hitch-free transfer of
this money to any safe bank account that you may nominate, on a share
percentage bases.
We will start the first transfer with Fifty Two Million USD
[$52,000.000] upon the successful actualization of the first
transfer, without any disappointment from your side; we shall re-
apply for the payment of the remaining amount, to your account.
However, we shall sign a binding agreement, to bind us together as
partners in this regard.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never
let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person
that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently
and indicate your sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the
modalities already mapped out for the hitch-free transfer of the
money out of Africa here.
I will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contacting
you I need your full co-operation to make this work adequately.
Upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and Willing to meet up with the instructions of the top
bank official that is deeply involved with me in this business, I
shall commence actions immediately to process the payment of the
money in your favor as the beneficiary.
With my influence and the position of the bank official we can
transfer this money to any reliable foreign bank account, which you
can provide.
I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon as
possible.
Yours truly,
Mr ken williams.
- ken williams
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