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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: "REV JON OBI" <obiw100@universal.pt> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:35:04 +0100
Subject: ACT AS NEXT OF KIN(HOLLAND)
FROM CITY TRUST BANK NIGERIA PLC
HEADQUARTERS ANNEX LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL: obiw100@indiatimes.com
ATTENTION: HOLLAND,
With good faith i have come to you about this Legitimate Business of
mine, but i must first introduce to you myself.
I am Rev.Jon Obi of City Trust Bank Plc.I am the personal
accountant
to Mr.Micheal Holland, (Snr) a nationale of your country, who used to
work with shell development company here in Nigeria.On the 21st April
2001,our customer and his wife And their three children were involved
in a
car accident along sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there live.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any
of
his extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money
and property left behind by our customer before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by our bank where he deposited sum of US$ 30
million dollars in our bank the City Trust Bank Plc the banking
guidelines
of City Trust Bank Plc stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed
for over a period of time 2 years and few months, with the account
unservicable the money will be Confisicated and this will happen after
the
next few weeks if nobody comes for the money Since we have not seen
anybody for the money and his property for the last two years and our
bank
has been notifying the Rotary club for the past one year,
Now I seek your consent to present yourself as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at US$30 million dollars can be paid to you as the next
of kin.
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please, you can also get
in
touch with me through this email: To enable us
discuss more: obiw100@indiatimes.com
I am looking forward to hearing from you soonest.
Best regards,
REV.JON OBI
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