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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: "Francis Dilo" <francis_diloz900@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:03:24 -0700
Subject: PRIVATE
From:DR.FRANCIS DILO
Head, Banking Operations,
Pacific Merchant Bank Ltd.
Victoria Island Lagos,
Nigeria.
TEL.234-803-725-1842
Sir.
CONFIDENTIAL LETTER
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
transaction.
We have decided to contact you by e-mail due to the
urgency of this transaction, as we have been reliably
informed of it's swiftness and confidentiality.
For the purpose of introduction, I am DR.FRANCIS DILO,
Head, Banking Operations, Pacific Merchant Bank
Ltd, in charge of personal and corporate accounts
above US$5,000,000.00(five million US Dollars only). I
came to know of you in my private search for a
reliable and reputable person to handle a very
confidential transaction which involves the transfer
of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring
maximum confidence.
THE PROPOSITION:
A foreigner, who was an Oil Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Govenment of Nigeria, until his death four
years ago in a ghastly auto crash, banked with us here
at Pacific International Bank PLC., Lagos, and had a closing balance of USD$10.2M ( Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) which the bank now
unquestionably expects to be claimed by any of his available foreign next of kin or alternatively be donated
to a discredited trust fund for arms and
ammunition at a military war college here in Nigeria. Fervent valuable efforts are being made by
the Bank to get in touch with any of the deceased family or relatives but all have proved to no avail.It is because of the perceived possibility of not going to be able to locate any of the deceased next of kin (he had no known wife and children) that the management
under the influence of our Chairman,Board of Directors,
Retired Major General Kalu Uke Kalu, that an arrangement for the fund to be declared "UNCLAIMABLE" and then be subsequently donated to the Trust Fund for Arms and Ammunition which will further enhance the course of war
in Africa and the world in general.
In order to avert this negative development, myself
and some of my trusted colleagues in the bank now seek
for your permission to have you stand as the deceased next
of kin so that the fund, USD$10.2M would be subsequently transferred and paid into your bank account as the
beneficiary next of kin.
All documents and proof to enable you get this fund
have been carefully worked out and we are assuring you
a 100% risk free involvement. Your share would be 30%
of the total amount,5% has been set aside for expenses
while the rest would be for myself and my colleagues
for investment purposes in your company or any country
of your choice where the returns on investment will be
optimal .
If this proposal is acceptable to you and you do not
wish to take advantage of the trust we hope to bestow
on you and your company, then kindly get to me
immediately via e-mail furnishing me with:
1.Your most confidential telephone
2.Fax number 3.Exclusive e-mail so that I can forward to you the
relevant details of this transaction.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.
Regards,
DR.FRANCIS DILO
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