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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: johkel@itloox.com
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:22:32
Subject: Think about this
John Kelly
Please refer your acceptance mail through jkell@consultant.com
Sir;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a hugh sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any
one apprehensive and worried, but I am sure that you are experienced in
handling this sums. We decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$29,500,000.00 (Twenty-Nine million
Five Hundred united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers who paid in these funds into our bank as depository for
an investment program he was involved.
She was at our bank five(5) months ago at the beginning of this investment
program, but unfortunately she died through circumstantial reasons. The
details of the investment program states that she and she only is in control
of the funds and it was invested out of her corporate estate. Her family
records are not stated in our bank records and in her investment program
contracts.
Thus her family are not aware. Again she is a widow. The rules in our bank
here in Nigeria puts the money under current Bank Assets as soon as they
do not get communication from the accounts owner within a stipulated period
agreed during the clients accounts opening. In the case of this customer,
he is meant to send banking instructions every three months.She died one
month ago and got to know from my sources, and her Obituary has also stated
in the link below:
http://www.herald-journal.com/obits/2004/barnes0104.html
She has been buried and I know no one knows about these funds. Since her
death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims
for this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked
out by us for the funds (US$29,500,000.00) to be released in your favour
as the beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an ORDER
OF MADAMUS to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing
me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. We look forward to your suggestions and sharing formula. Your share
stays while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes. If this
proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed
in you, I await your urgent mail.
Regards,
Mr. John Kelly
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