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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: "Kennedy Okafor" <ken_okafor@itelefonica.com.br>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 06:11:02 -0300
Subject: hello
From Desk Top Of: Mr. Kennedy Okafor
Auditing and accounting section,
Foreign remittance department,
Intercontinental bank plc.
Good Day ,
I am a managing officer with Intercontinental Bank Plc, My name is Mr. Kennedy Okafor, I need you to use your possition to assist me here, I am a Personal Accountant to Late Engineer Michael , a citizen of your country, who used to work with Chevron oil company here in Nigeria. Herein shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2001, myClient, his wife and their three children were involved in a drastic car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.Unfortunately him and his three kids lost their lives immediately in the event of the accident, while the wife was taken to the hospital where she died three days later.Their bodies were kept in the mortuary for five months, in order for the authorities, to carry out proper investigation on how to locate their surviving relatives. They have checked all available public files and embassies, but all their efforts had proved abortive.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, no one has been coming for his account that he deposited with my bank. And due to the banking law and regulation of 1985, sub section 18d page 103 chapter 11 of constitution governing all banking policy in Nigeria, and in accordance to thebanking decree 003 sub section 45 which stated that any deposited fund which remains unclaimed after the existing period of four years will be confiscated by the national treasury department as unclaimed fund. And this has brought too much agitation in our bank between boards of directors on how to declare this account unserviceable, base to the fact that the deceased has no next of kin. After the meeting held by the executives of intercontinental bank with the personal attorney to late Michael on 29th of April 2005, they have all agreed to extend the date to 15th June 2006.
Consequently to this, I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they Get them confiscated or declare unserviceable by intercontinental bank Plc Where the deceased have an account Valued at about ($15,345 million us dollars).The bank has issued out a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated with in the next few weeks. Since no one has been able to locate their relatives for over 4 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that this accountvalued at ($15,345million usdollars) can be paid to you and then you and I Can share the money. All the necessary documents concerning this claim are with the Bank legal department. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legal arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email if you are willing to do this.
I oblige you to send the following details below:
Full Name
Address
Occupation
Nationality
Mobile/phone number
Fax
Age
Sex
With these available details I?ll file an application in your name,after which I?ll send you an official letter of claim for you to send to the bank via email.
I shall be looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
Mr. Kennedy Okafor
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