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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: idrab@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:51:56 -0800
Subject: For your notice.
Greetings,
My name is Idris Rabiu, of Auditing and Accounting Department of a prime
bank in Africa. It is my humble desire to bring to your notice a transaction
which I consider most strictly confidential, and I will like to let you
know that I have made series of enquiry on this issue.
To start with, may I solicit your trust, worthiness and confidence on this
issue, for the nature of it and my position as an auditor in the bank, it
is unlawful to expose any customer?s banking information to a third party,
but for business sake, let it be a secret between both of us.
I became the head of auditing and accounting in the year 1997. In that same
year, I carried out a general auditing, then I discovered that there is
an account opened in this bank in 1992. After going through some old files
in the records, I went further to investigate this account, I realised that
the owner of this account who is a foreigner, died in 1999, unknown to the
relatives that such account is existing. My investigation revealed to me
that no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it
such that the account has no trace of other beneficiary.
The management is ready to approve this payment to any legitimate foreigner
who has correct information of this account. In this regard, I need your
full co-operation to make this deal successful if you are capable and willing
to handle the transaction for our mutual benefit. According to the law,
at the expiration of five (5) years from the death of the owner, the money
will revert to the ownership of the State if nobody applies to claim the
fund. I want to quickly transfer this fund into a safe foreigner's account,
but I do not know any foreigner, hence I am contacting you because as a
foreigner you can assist us remit receive the fund. This is a lifetime opportunity
I would not want to miss.
I have to assure you that with my position in the bank I can transfer this
money to any reliable foreign account, which you can provide with full assurance
that this money will be safe and well guided. I will destroy all document
of transaction in my office immediately we receive this money leaving no
trace to any place. I will use my position and influence to effect legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance forms of the Finance Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.
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.
I therefore request for your co-operation to quietly provide either an existing
bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money.
I place this faith in you believing you will be a most reliable and honest
person to do business with. I would therefore need your word of honour to
co-operate with me with utmost sincerity until the good objective of this
business is realised. For your co-operation and assistance you will be rewarded
adequately when you receive this money.
Kindly treat as urgent and strictly confidential as I await your response
at your earliest convenience.
PLS. SEND YOUR RESPONSE STRICTLY TO: (idris_rabiu@indiatimes.com).
Yours faithfully,
Idris Rabiu.
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