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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: "EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE" <mrikemba@prudentialinsuranceng.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:48:43 +0000
Subject: INFORMATION FROM PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE / REPLY FASTLY TODAY
FROM: MR. PAUL IKEMBA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR;PRUDENTIAL Insurance Co. Ltd.
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.,
My Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this mutual beneficail transaction.
Though, this medium
(Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the
fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is purely
private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this
deal is hitch free from
all what you may think of. I am MR. PAUL IKEMBA, Executive Director incharge
of Claims and Indemnity of PRUDENTIAL Insurance Company Ltd. I am contacting
you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal
for the benefit of both of us .
The Management and the Legal / Treasury Department of this PRUDENTIAL
Insurance Company in a
recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR. ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, who
maintained a Life Assurance Policy, should be declared Dormant and
confisticated hence moving his unclaimed
benefits funds to the Treasury according to Nigeria Banking and Financial
law. Recently, I came
across avery huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person (MR. ROBERT
FINKELSTEIN). He is
foreigner, unfortunately He is now late as he was amongst those that was
Killed in the recent
WARRI CRISIS as you can confirm through this website
http://www.worldpress.org/africa/1083.cfm
This man was our client and has a Life Assurance Policy WORTH the sum of
Fourty Five Million
United States Dollars (US$45,000,000.00). Right now, the fund is lying
unclaimed in our custody
and there is NO next of kin mentioned in his file and there is NO HOW we can
reach any of his
other relatives. All eforts made by us to establish contacts with any other
of his relation has
proved abortive and unsuccessful. His Life Assurance Policy will expire in
the next few months
from the date of this letter. Just last week we received an instruction from
Ministry of Social
Welfare to forward particulars of all unclaimed benefits that will expire in
the next few months.
Upon my personal finding on this matter, I kept this information secret to
myself until now that
I am contacting you. In view of the fact that the deceased customer is a
foreigner (from a different country), it is Officially important for the
involvement of a foreigner who will pose as a next-of-kin. I will use my
exalted position in this Insurance Company to present you as his Next of Kin
as you can be his relative, friend or Cousin and the Money (US$45Million)
will be Safely transfered into your own bank account in your country. Before
I made up my mind to contact you, I have concluded every arrangement to
ensure that you receive the funds successfully as the next of kin. Please
include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this mail and
I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to
assist in this viable
transaction.
I will use my exalted position here to get all internal documentations to
back up the claims. The
whole Procedures will last only 5 working days to get the fund retrieved
successfully Without
trace even in future. Please I need the following:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. HOME ADDRESS/COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS.
4. YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION
The transaction will be done successfully and smoothly completed via email
and phone. You don't
need to come to my country. Send your full name, address and telephone
number to me via email
urgently today so that I will call you for discussions. I PROMISE that you
must be happy and
shall rejoice greatly soonest for cooperation with me in this transaction.
After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money
50-50 (50% for you and 50% for me). I await your good response today.Thanks
and remain bless.
I require you to maintain the confidentiality of this transaction because it
is important due to
the fact that I am still in active services to the PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE
COMPANY. Your earliest
response to this matter is very important.
I AM WAITING YOUR REPLY TODAY.
Kind Regards,
MR. PAUL IKEMBA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; PRUDENTIAL Insurance Co. Ltd.
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