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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: id_m99@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:44:26 +0100
Subject: URGENT INVESTMENT
Mr.Idris Mohammed
Zennith Bank Ltd,
Lagos,Nigeria,
Please reply me at id_moha99@yahoo.com or
id_mohammed@centrum.cz
Dear Friend
I am Mr.Idris Mohammed,Bank Manager of Zennith
Bank,Lagos,Nigeria. I
have urgent and very confidential business proposition for
you.
On June 6, year 2001, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor
with the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.Barry Kelly
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months, valued at S$29,500,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million Five
hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my branch. 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
from his
contract employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation that Mr. Barry Kelly died from an automobile
accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without
making a
WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$29,500,000.00 has carefully been moved out
of my bank to
a security company for safe-keeping. No one will ever come
forward to
claim it. According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5
(five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as an
Foreigner to
stand in as the owner of the money I deposited it in a
security company in two trunk boxes though the security
company does not know the contents of the boxes as I tagged
them to be photographic materials for export.
I am writing you because I as a public servant can not
operate a
foreign account or have an account that is more than $1m.I
want to present you as the owner of the boxes in the
security company so you can be able to claim them with the
help of my attorney.All these are to make sure that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands
of some corrupt government officials.
This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately your
full names
and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary
documents which will put you in place as the owner of the
boxes.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of
70% for me
and 25% for you and 5% will take care of all expenses.There
is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction
will be done by the Attorney and this will guarantee the
successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my
email address.
upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction.
Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be rest
assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because I shall require your assistance to invest my share
in your country.
Please do reply me through my aitanetive address Thanks and
regards.
Mr.Idris Mohammed
Zennith Bank Ltd,
Lagos,Nigeria,
NB: Please reply me at id_moha99@yahoo.com or
id_mohammed@centrum.cz
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