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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: "edwin kayode" <eed26@handbag.com>
Reply-To: eed23@surfy.net
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:00:34 +0200
Subject: A request for partnership
Mr. Edwin Kayode
Chief Accountant,
Accounting Department
Nationwide Merchant
bank of Nigeria.
Marina- branch, Lagos.
Attention:
Re; transfer of the sum of us$30.5m dollars into your
account.
First, I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that
a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried. But am assuring you that all
will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to
contact you through this medium due to the urgency of
this transaction as we have been reliably informed of
your discreteness and ability.
My name is Edwin kayode, chief accountant, accounting
department Nationwide Merchant Bank of Nigeria I am
writing in respect of a foreigner, a Mexican
national, late Engineer Carols Montoya, an oil
merchant/contractor with the federal government of
Nigeria, until his death three years ago in a ghastly
terrorist attack to American airlines flight 11,from
Boston, Massachusetts, to loss Angeles, California, crashed
into the north tower of the world trade center with 92
people on board, you can visit the website for more
confirmation of this
proposal.http://www.cnn.com/specials/2001/trade.center/victims/aa11.victims.html
Sequel to this, fervent valuable efforts were made by
Nationwide Merchant Bank to get in touch with any of
the Carlos Montoya 's family or relatives but proved
to no avail. it is because of the perceived possibility
of not being able to locate any of the late
Engineer. Carlos Montoya ... next-of-kin (he have no wife
and children) that the management under the influence
of our honorable chairman and members of the board of
directors, that arrangement will be made for the fund
to be declared "unplayable" and subsequently be
donated to the trust fund for the purchase of arms and
ammunition to further enhance the course of war in
Africa and the world in General." war is a crime
against humanity" in order to avert this crude and
negative development, some of my trusted colleagues and
I now seek your permission to have you stand as the
next-of-kin to late Engineer.! Mr. Carlos Montoya, so that
the fund us$30.5m would be released and paid into your
account as the beneficiary's next-of kin. All
documents and proves to enable you receive this fund
will be carefully worked out and more so as
professional bankers, we are assuring you of 100% risk
free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will
be for myself and my colleagues for investment
purposes in your country.
I agreed that 40% would be your share as a foreign
partner in respect of providing an account while 10%
will take of any expenses that might be incurred in the
proceeds of succeeding the transfer and the rest will
be for me and partners, which will contribute to make
everything possible. Thereafter I will visit your
country for disbursement, as I am almost due for
retirement. Upon the receipt of you.
i will 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 perfected for the transfer. You are to provide
for us, your banking information's where this fund will
be Transferred, cell phone and fax
numbers and your full name as you want it to
appear in your application form of claim and little
information's about youself, so that I equally know
your ability to handle this transaction.
Have a nice day
Best Regards,
Edwin Kayode
Chief Accountant,
Nationwide Merchant Bank.
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