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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: abubakarhamzar@tiscali.it
Reply-To: abubakarhamzar@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 22:04:34 +0100
Subject: Re: [Awaiting your response c082509]
Dear Sir,
ACT ACCORDINGLY AND PRIVATELY
I am Al_hamzar Abubakar the bills and exchange director at Africa
Continental Bank Plc.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make
anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
everything has been taken care of and all will be well at the end
of the day. I decided
to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I am writing this mail to solicit for support and assistance from
you to carry out this business opportunity in my department. Lying
in an inactive account awaiting liquidation is the sum of USD
$16.7million belonging to a foreign customer (Gerald Welsh) who
happens to be deceased during a business trip to New York. He died
with his wife (Caryl Welsh) on board the Egypt Air Flight 990,
which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999.
Until his death He was a consultant/contactor with the
Petroleum/Gas sector of the Nigeria National Petroleum
corporation.
This crash was on the news which should have notified his
relatives See links below for more detail information:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair.families.02/
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/01/egyptair.03/
Ever since he died the bank has been expecting his next of kin to
come and claim these fund, unfortunately he has no family member
in Nigeria or Europe who are aware of the existence of the money
as no one came forward to put in a claim for the Account balance.
The Nigeria Development and Insurance Company (NDIC) could not
liquidate the account because I have filled a motion that a next
of kin wrote in to the effect. Based on this, they cannot release
the money
unless someone applies for it as next of kin, as indicated in our
banking guideline.
At this juncture I have decided to do business with you in
collaboration with some officials in the bank, we solicit your
assistance in applying as the next of kin and beneficiary to
Gerald Welsh, and then the money will be released to you. As we do
not want this money to go into the bank treasury as an unclaimed
bill, or our superiors taking the funds for their own personal
use. The banking law and guideline stipulates that if such
money(s) remains unclaimed for a period of up to Five years (5yrs)
the money will be transferred into the banks treasury as an
unclaimed bill.
Our request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the
fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Beninoise cannot
stand as next of
kin. To effect the transfer of this fund to you, you must send me
your full name, address and phone/fax number with this I would
work our
modalities to give you title to the fund, after which I would send
to a text with which you would apply to the bank as the next of
kin to the decease and stating your claim to the fund, The fund
shall then be transferred to you legally in accordance to all laid
down procedures governing closure of account and transfer of
funds.
If you are willing to assist us, we have agree to give you 20
Percent of USD $16.7 million Note that this transaction is legal
safe and 100% risk free.
Upon receipt of your reply which should contain your name,
daytime phone/fax numbers and other contacts, to enable me
confidentially work out all modalities to give you claim to this
money as the next of kin and beneficiary of Mr. Gerald welsh, and
send to you by fax or mail the text of the application, as soon as
you receive the text I will require you to send this to the bank
after which I will further clarify you in other issues as to
affect the business. And should you not be in a position to
assist me do let me know so that I can make alternative
arrangements
Awaiting your response
Best Regards
Al_hamzar Abubakar
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