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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: "MR.DAN BIKO" <danbiko@webmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: danbiko@jovimail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:00:30 -0800
Subject: URGENT!
Dear friend,
In order to transfer out Fifty Two Million United States Dollars from
African Development Bank. I wish to ask for your assistance, believing
that you will never let me down either now or in future. I got your e-mail address
from the e-mail directory in the internet.
I am MR DAN BIKO, the Chief Auditor of African Development Bank
(ADB). There was an account opened in this bank in 1983 and since 1989
nobody has operated on this account till date. After my long investigation to my greatest suprise I came to find out that the owner of the account who is
Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, crude oil exporter, who died in
1990. This account has no beneficiary, infact no other person knows about
this account or anything about the account, and my investigation proved to me as well
that this company does not exist anymore in NIgeria. The amount involved
is USD 52M,which i seek your consent to transfer to a safe foreign account. I do
not know any foreigner that i can trust either than you, I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be claimed by a Nigerian because the rightful owner of the account (Mr. Smith) is a foreigner.
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we do not know
each other before hand. we will be needed to sign an Agreement as a
security so that we cannot betray the trust that will be given to each other in this
legitimate and joint venture, which demand utmost secrecy and confidential.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with
foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation for
us to have a successful transaction. Because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this
account, which I will give to you immediately i receive your positive reply.With my position now in the office I can authorise the immediate transfer of this money
to anyforeign reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this
money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for
sharing and further investment. I will destroy all documents used in this
transaction immediately we must have transferred this money to your nominated
account sucessfully, so as to avoid any document trace by any person.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa to your country immediately
you confirm me that you are willing to assist me. I will also use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money
to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and
foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you
will be given 20% of the total amount, 75% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring.
Awaiting your urgent reply and please do not FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR
PRIVATE FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR
EASY COMMUNICATION.
You can reach me with this e mail addres that i open for this project.
danbiko@jovimail.com
thanks and God bless,
Yours truly,
MR.DAN BIKO
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