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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: Dr almed <dr@almed.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:16:57 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU PERSONALLY,AFTER A SERIOUS THOUGHT.
From;Dr Ola Ahmed
Branch Manager,
Union Bank Nigeria Plc,
Ilupeju branch,
Lagos Nigeria.
Email;drolmed002@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Friend,
I am DR.OLA AHMED, Bank Manager of Union Bank, Lagos, Nigeria.
I am presently in London for two weeks course; I got your contact
from a very reliable source here in London and I decided to contact
you. I have urgent and very confidential business proposal for you.
On June 6, 2002,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Kari Johnson made a numbered
time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$21,500,000.00,
(Twenty-One Million, five hundred thousand Dollars) in my branch.Upon maturity,
we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.
Kari Johnson died from an Automobile accident. On further investigation, I
found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Kari Johnson did not declare any kin or relations in all
his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. No one
will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody
applied to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like
you as a Foreigner to stand in as next of kin to late Mr. Kari Johnson. I am
writing you because I as a public servant cannot operate a foreign account
or have an account more than $1 Million. All these are to make sure that
the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials.
This is simple. I will like you to provide me immediately your full
names and address telephone and fax numbers and bank account details were
the funds would be transferred into. For you to be more comfortable
with this project please open a new account for I am not out to defraud your
account.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 60% for
me and 40% for you. If you are interested, please reply back to me with
this email, drolmed002@yahoo.co.uk,I assure you that it is risk free.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country. (Buying of
properties like houses, hotels etc) response to my secured mailbox
drolmed002@yahoo.co.uk
Best regards,
DR.OLA AHMED.
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