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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: "OCEANIC BANK PLC" <kntctme25@me.by>
Reply-To: vissioninterlog@live.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:45:18 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE FILE
AND DISCOVERED REASONS WHY YOU ARE YET TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. IT IS
BECAUSE OF IRREGULARITIES AND COMPLICATIONS DISCOVERED ON YOUR PAYMENT FILE
BY OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN RESPECT TO YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT
REQUIREMENTS, WHICH HAVE JUST BEEN DULY RATIFIED.
MEANWHILE, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH IMPOSTORS
AND NON-RECOMMENDED OFFICIALS IN THE BANK. SUCH ACTS MUST STOP FOR SECURITY
REASONS IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING
A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEMS,RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH
OUR ATM SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ( UNDER RESERVE BANK OPERATION ACT 2005 ),
THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY OUR PRESIDENT ALAHAJI UMAR YAR'ADUA MUSA
(GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. BELOW IS THE ARRANGEMENTS,
THE SWIFT CARD CENTRE WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO
WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY FROM ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE
MAXIMUM IS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR
FUND THIS WAY PLEASE DO LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT OFFICER
MR. IGWE ABEL
EMAIL: vissioninterlog@live.com
THIS ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT US $8.3 MILLION
AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU
HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s)
TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM PAYMENT. EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON
AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE
ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.
ALSO RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO SWIFT CARD OFFICER:
1 YOUR FULL NAME :
2 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER :
3 YOUR AGE :
4 ADDRESSES WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE CARD:
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY
UNAUTHORIZED OFFICER UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE ATM CARD.
NOTE: BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT NUMBER,
WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM
CARD PAYMENT OFFICER.
BEST REGARDS
MISS. FRANCA AYO.
FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA P L C
DIRECT NO: +234-7028757739.
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