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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Branklar=20Ovie?= <branklarovie_4@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: branklarovie-1@myway.com
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:22:21 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Thi Urgent, Reply ASAPs Is
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: branklarovie_4@yahoo.co.uk
Thi Urgent, Reply ASAPs Is
Dear Friend,
I am Mr.Branklar Ovie senior manager accounts/audit department, in
. Union Bank Plc Chritian Eich Mason, who was a consultant with Shell-development company in Nigeria and a personal friend Died and left behind his deposit in this bank Union Bank Plc valued $41 Million Dollars.
My relationship with Chritian Eich Mason started in year 1999 when I was a supervisor in Union Bank Plc . We met in my social club annual end of the year party and I introduced him to my bank where he opened this account some few weeks later making me the account officer to the account and he operated this account until his death.
On the 21st of July 2003, Chritian Eich Mason, Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world ruise. All passengers of the plan unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of Chritian Eich Mason extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.
To prevent the bank to claim this money I know decided to contact any body from your country, I decided to contact you via your email address with hope to get this money out of the bank.
This is the web site of this tragedy that struck on that faithful day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by
Chritian Eich Mason before they get confiscated since the bank has declared the account unserviceable. I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives since I was re-called back to marina branch as a senior manager from a transfer that took me to another branch of the bank.
I therefore seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased , so that the proceeds of this account valued at $41 Million Dollars can be paid to your account abroad and then you can have 30% of the money for your kind gesture and keep the other 60% for me and 10% for expenses procure, I Will need to travel down to your country for the collection of the 60% balance as soon as this fund get to you.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through, of which we must present a foreigner with an
account abroad to enable us to clear this money from the bank.
Your contact information are very necessary, I mean your home address, phone number and your full name.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with the email address. branklarovie-1@myway.com
Best regards,
Mr.Branklar Ovie.
- Branklar Ovie
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