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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: "mark momoh" <markmomoh8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: markmomoh7711@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:03:00 -0700
Subject: My Dear Frend Good Day.
MR MARK MOMOH
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK OF AFRICA,
NIGERIA.
markmomoh7711@yahoo.com
My Dear Frend Good Day.
I am MR MARK MOMOH the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER of CONTINENTAL TRUST
BANK OF AFRICA,
here in NIGERIA,In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$24.1m
dollars (TWENTY FOUR MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2006 in a
plane crash. FOR MORE INFORMATION,Reply Through my private mail
box:markmomoh7711@yahoo.com <box%3Amarkmomoh7711@yahoo.com>
Since the bank got information about his death, they have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because they cannot release it
unless his next of kin applies for it or relation to the deceased customer
as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you for you to come and stand as the next of kin or relation to
the deceased customer for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and i don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after six years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Benin person cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision
of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during
the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country
for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable
the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,you must apply first
to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank
name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for
easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be
remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application which you will send to the bank . I will not fail to bring
to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not
entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for
the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this
letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.Please let me have your private
telephone number to enable me call you today.
Reply Through my private mail
box:markmomoh7711@yahoo.com<box%3Amarkmomoh7711@yahoo.com>
Regards.
MARK MOMOH
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