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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: rev_tomwest@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:40:40 +0000
Subject: Trusting you Wein
Inland Bank Of Nigeria Plc.
40/45 Marina Lagos.
E-Mail: rev_tomwest2@yahoo.fr
Dear Wein,
I am Rev.Tom West the Manager Bill and Exchange of
the Foreign Operations Department Inland Bank Plc .
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my
bank with Account Number: 058100 654013-82 who died in
November 2001 in a plane crash.
Since we got the information about his death, we have
been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim
his money because we cannot release unless somebody
applies for it as the next of Kin or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. And
since no one has come forward to claim the fund for
years now, we discovered/realized that the fund
(US$8.5m) the account no: 058100 654011-52 has been
abandoned.
As the deceased is from your country it will enable us
proceed the release of the money to you. It is
therefore upon this discovery that I and two other
senior officials in the department now decided to make
business with you and release the money to you as the
Next of Kin or relation of the deceased for safety
keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we do not want this money to go back
into the Federal Government Account as Unclaimed
Bill.
This is because the banking Law and Guidelines here
stipulated that if such money remains unclaimed after
five years the money would be transferred into the
Banking Treasury as unclaimed fund. It is in view of
this, I got your contact through the foreign trade
mission after I was convinced in my mind that
you/your name could be used as the next of kin to the
deceased.
The request of a foreigner as Next of Kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer
is a foreigner and a Nigeria cannot stand as a Next
of Kin to a foreigner. I agreed that US$4.5M of this
money/fund will be for you for your involvement,
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars will be donated to
charity while the rest will be for me and my
partners.
So upon the conclusion of this transaction and your
receipt of this fund, I and two other of my
colleagues will visit your country for the
disbursement.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer/release of
the fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to
the Bank as a relation or Next of Kin of the deceased.
Upon receipt of your reply I will send to you by fax
Text of the Application and the next steps to take. I
will also 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
as been made for the transfer/release of the fund to
you.
Note: This transaction is confidential/risks free. As
soon as you receive this email, you should contact me
through the above stated email address; rev_tomwest2@yahoo.fr
Thanks, trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Sincerely,
Rev.Tom West
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