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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: boblagos@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 08:28:12 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20urgent=20response=20needed?=
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT
ECOBANK NIG PLC
LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL: butic1st@quepasa.com
Attn: Pls,
Taking into considerations that we have not met before,l know this mail
although it's for good motive,may come to you as a surprise. l decided to
contact you for this reason believing that you would be capable to work-out
this deal for the interest of us based on what we have in the file here.
I am Dr, Bob Othman,the director in charge of auditing and accounting section
of Eco Bank in west Africa with due respect and regard. I have decided to
contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both
of us at the end of the transaction . During our investigation and auditing
in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging
to a deceased person who died on 21 april 2001 in a Autho crash and the
fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of
the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery
to this development.
Although personally, I keep this information secret within myself and
partners to enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful
during the time of execution. The said amount was us$13M (thirteen million
united states dollars). Since then I have made several enquiries to your
embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved
unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact
a foreigner who
will act as the next of kin to the deceased instead of the money going into
the federal government coffers. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating
the money and property left behind by my client before they get confisicated
or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly,the Eco Bank Plc where the deceased had an account valued at
about 13 million united states dollars has issued a notice for the next
of kin to surface or have the account confisicated within the next ten official
working days. since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for
over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased hence we claim this fund for our own benefits so that the proceeds
of this account valued at 13 million dollars can be paid to you and then
you and me can share the money. I have all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will procure all necessary
Legal documents furnish me with the below information to enable the bank
transfer the fund to your bank account.
(1) Your phone and fax number for easy coverstaion
(2) Your occupation and your age.
Once I hear from you I will tell you the next line of action. Pls if you
are interested reply through only in my alternate confidential email address:
butic1st@quepasa.com
Best Regards,
Dr Bob Othman
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