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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: MICHAEL YOUNG <mich_young2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 04:00:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please reply soon/Thank you
MR. MICHAEL YOUNG
(Branch Manager)
ZENITH BANK PLC
62/64 President Drive
South West Ikoyi Branch, Lagos
Nigeria.=20
I will appreciate your urgent reply as soon as you recieve this email. I am=
Mr. Michael Young, Branch Manager of Zenith Bank, Ikoyi Lagos. I made up m=
y mind with trust to contact you for an urgent and very confidential busine=
ss based on similarity in your last name.
On the 7th of Nov. 2002, a foreign fiber optics consultant/contractor, Engi=
neer. Hegewald=A0=A0 made a numbered time (Fixed)Deposit for twelve calenda=
r months, valued at US$2,800,000.00(Two Million eight hundred thousand Unit=
ed states dollars) in my branch.=20
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but =
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered f=
rom his contract employers, He died from a gastly motor accident with his w=
ife and only daughter. On further investigation, I found out that he died w=
ithout making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitle=
ss. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he did not d=
eclare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, includin=
g his Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank.=20
This sum of $2,800,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is b=
eing rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one wil=
l ever come forward to claim it. At the expiration of 5 (five) years, the m=
oney will be reverted to the bank reserve account if no body applies to cla=
im this fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foriegner to stand i=
n as the next of kin to him hence you have thesame last name with him so th=
at the fruits of this Man's labour will go in vain. This is simple as long =
am here to direct and provide you with every information required.=A0 There=
is no risk at all as all the paper work for this transaction will be done =
by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the succes=
sful execution of this transaction. We shall employe the service of an Atto=
rney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary =
documents and letter of probate/administration
in your favour for the transfer. If you are interested,please reply immedia=
tely .=20
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant=
documents that will help you understand the transaction. We shall be shari=
ng the fund at equal ratio.
All i want from you is honest and trustworthy. Please observe utmost confid=
entiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitabl=
e for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share=
in your country.
I await your urgent reply with your full names, address and telephone and f=
ax#.Thank you.
Regards
Michael.
=0A=0A=0A
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