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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drahmedusman01@yahoo.com.au
  • drusmanahmed@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?DrUsman=20Ahmed?= <drahmedusman01@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:11:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CAN WE TRUST YOU?


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: drahmedusman01@yahoo.com.au

DR.USMAN AHMED

DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER,COMMERCIAL BANKING

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PlC.

MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS.

ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: (drusmanahmed@mail.ru)


(Private and Confidential)


DEAR ,


RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR

ACCOUNT.FIRSTLY,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS

TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE AS BEING

UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT

A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY ONE

APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT

ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE DECIDED

TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE URGENCY

OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED

OF YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY.MY NAME IS DR.USMAN

AHMED, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER,(Commercial

Banking),UNION BANK OF NIGERIA. I AM WRITTING IN

RESPECT OF A FOREIGNER, A MEXICAN NATIONALE,LATE

ENGINEER CARLOS MONTOYA, AN OIL MERCHANT/ CONTRACTOR

WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA UNTIL HIS

UNTIMELY DEATH FIVE YEARS AGO AS A RESULT OF TERRORIST

ATTACK ON AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11,FROM BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS,TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WHICH CRASHED

INTO THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE KILLING

ALL 92 PEOPLE ON BOARD.YOU CAN VISIT BELOW WEBSITE FOR

MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.


http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/AA11.victims.html

BEFORE HE DIED,HE HAD A ONE-YEAR FIXED DEPOSIT OF

US$30.5M IN A FIXED DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN OUR BANK.THIS

MONEY HAS SINCE MATURED,BUT NO NEXT-OF-KIN HAS SHOWED

UP FOR CLAIM.SEQUEL TO THIS, REPEATED EFFORTS WERE

MADE BY UNION BANK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE

CARLOS MONTOYA'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES TO LAY CLAIM TO THIS

FUND BUT ALLTO NO AVAIL. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE

PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLETO LOCATE ANY OF

THE LATE ENGR.CARLOS MONTOYA NEXT-OF-KIN (HE HAD NO

WIFE AND CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE

INFLUENCE OF OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DECIDED THAT ARRANGEMENTS

WILL BE MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE DECLARED "UNCLAIMABLE"

AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE REVARTED TO THE COUFFERS OF THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA WHICH AT THE END OF THE

DAY WILL BE EMBEZZLED BY TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR

THEIR OWN SELFISH AGGRANDIZEMENT TO THE DETRIMENT OF

THE POOR MASSES.IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS CRUDE AND

NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF MY TRUSTED

COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU

STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR. MR.CARLOS

MONTOYA, SO THAT THE FUND US$30.5M WOULD BE RELEASED

AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S

NEXT-OF-KIN.ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU

RECIEVE THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND

MORE SO AS PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU

OF 100% RISK FREE INVOLVEMENT.

IT WAS AGREED THAT 40% WILL BE YOUR SHARE AS A FOREIGN

PARTNER IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WHILE 10%

WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE

INCURED IN THE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION.THE REST

WILL BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.WE INTEND TO USE OUR

OWN SHARE OF THE FUND TO IMPORT AGRICULTURAL

MACHINERIES INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE

AS A WAY OF RECYCLING THE FUND. I WILL NOT FAIL TO

BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE

AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE

WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAVE BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE

TRANSFER. YOU ARE TO PROVIDE US,(1). A SCANNED COPY OF

YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE,(2).

COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS ( if any),(3).PHONE AND FAX

NUMBERS (PRIVATE),(4). YOUR FULL NAMES AS YOU

WANT IT TO APPEAR IN YOUR APPLICATION FORM OF CLAIM

AND LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SELF,SO THAT I

EQUALLY KNOW YOUR ABILITY TO HANDLE THIS

TRANSACTION.PLEASE RESPOND TO ME VERY URGENTLY BY

RETURN MAIL(drusmanahmed@mail.ru)


HAVE A NICE DAY AND GOD

BLESS YOU.

BEST REGARDS,

DR.Usman Ahmed

Union Bank Of Nigeria PlC.

- DrUsman Ahmed

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