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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: revdrbensonokoro@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 02:38:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Good=20Friend?=
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
UNION LAGOS NIGERIA.
THE DESK OF REV.DR.BENSON OKORO.
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remmittance department
union of Nigerian. I am writing following the impressive information about
you through my friends who runs aconsultancy firm in your country. He assured
me of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US $10.5m dollar(Ten
million,five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs to
one of our foriegn customer,known as STEVE B.STRUCK who died along with
his entirer family in October,1999 in plane crash with egyptian air line.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as indicated
in our banking guidlines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane
clash leaving no body behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery
that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the decease for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and we dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed
bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasure
as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business
is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian
cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me and my collegues.
There after I and my collegues will visit your country for disbursment according
to the percentages indicated. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer
of this fund to you as arrange, you must apply first to the bank as relation
or next or kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account,
your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication
and location where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply,
i will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is hicth-free and that you
should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have
been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as
soon as you receive this letter.
Please contact me on my private E-mail address:revdrbensonokoro@yahoo.co.uk
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
REV.DR.BENSON OKORO
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