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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: Anthony Eselu <princess_hdean@tatanova.com>
Reply-To: Anthony Eselu <kriss_13bello@yahoo.co.uk>
Date:
Subject: your assistance highly needed
Dear friend,
Best compliment of the day. My name is Anthony Eselu.
I am the operational manager in account management section, in charge of
credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks in Nigeria.
However, I got your contact through my Internet search.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank Mr. Akotuah
Samuel Tio, a British citizen who perished with his whole family of wife and 2
kids along with 144 others which includes the then Nigerian sports minister
late Ishaya mark Aku, in an EAS air-line plane crash in Kano northern Nigeria
on may 14th 2002.
There is an account opened in this bank in 2001 by this great late
industrialist who died in the plane crash without a written or oral
"will" attached to his account.
I am the account manager to the late industrialist and I personally have
watched with keen interest to see the next of kin since his death in
2002. This have proved abortive as no one has come up to claim his funds hence
there is no next of kin or "will" attached to the account.
As the account manager to the deceased, I am capable of transferring the
credit balance of the late industrialist's account to any foreign bank
account of my choice since i have all the necessary documents for the smooth
transfer.
The total amount involved is US$17m (seventeen million united states
dollars). However, i need a foreign partner who will act as the next of kin and
beneficiary to the industrialist and provide a reliable offshore bank
account where we can transfer the us$17m (seventeen million united states
dollars).
I have already done all the necessary ground works for the smooth
transfer of the funds. However, i need you to act as the next of kin to the
deceased by providing the following.
a. The name of your bank
b. Account number and name of beneficiary
c. Address, tel, fax, telex numbers of your bank.
Since I have all the documents for the smooth transfer, the moment I
receive all the above A-C, it will take us less than 14 banking days to transfer
the money into your bank account.
For your assistance and co-operation, you will take 30% of the entire
US$17m (seventeen million united states dollars), while 70% will be for me.
Upon the receipt of your positive response, I shall forward to you all
the necessary documents concerning the deceased account including his full
identity and my identity, also the name of my bank. You may also wish to
view this web site on the Internet to confirm the plane crash
http://www.disasterrelief.org/disasters/020506nigeriacrash/
For privacy and secrecy required for this transaction, please reply this
mail through my secure personal e-mail address anthonyeselum@yahoo.co.uk
Thank you as I await your immediate reply.
Gratefully treat as urgent.
Anthony Eselu.
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