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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: j_d2000@tiscali.co.uk
Reply-To: johndonaldi@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:11:23 -0700
Subject: Mr. john donald
Mr. john donald
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 I 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 Mr.john donald, chief accountant, accounting department
nationwide
merchant bank of Nigeria I am writing in respect of a foreigner, a
Mexican
national, late engineer Carlos Montoya , an oil merchant/contractor
with
the federal government of Nigeria, until his death three years ago in a
ghastly terrorist attack to American airline flight 11,from Boston,
Massachusetts,
to los 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/2001/us/09/11/worldtrade.crash/
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 Engr.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"un-claimable" and subsequently
be donated to the trust fund for the purchase of arms and ammunitions
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 Engr.! 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.
l agreed that 20% will 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 process 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, company name and
address,
phone and fax numbers (private) your full name as you want it to appear
in your application form of claim and little information?s about
yourself,
so that i equally know your ability to
handle this transaction.
Have a nice day
Best regards,
Mr. john donald
Chief accountant,
Nationwide merchant bank
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