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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: ucm2morris@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:23:19 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?DEAR=20SIR/MADAM?=
From Dr.Morris Uche.
Auditing and Accounting Unit.
Foreign Operations Department.
Gulf Bank Nigeria Plc.
Dear Sir/Madam
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this by virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as
we have been reliable informed of your discreetness and ability in transaction
of this nature.Let me start by introducing myself properly to you.
I am Dr.Morris Uche, credit officer with Gulf Bank Nigeria plc, Lagos. I
came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person
to handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of
huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
THE PROPOSITION:
A foreigner, a national of your country, late Engr. John Waley (Snr)an oil
merchant with the Federal Government of Nigeria,until his death months ago
in Kenya Air Bus (A310 - 300) Flight KQ430, Banked with us at Gulf Bank
Nigeria Plc, Lagos and has a closing balance as at the end of Sept. 2000
worth US$17.5M (seventeen million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars),the
bank now expects a next of kin as a beneficiary .valuable efforts are being
made by the Gulf Bank of Nigeria to get in touch with any of the Waley's
family or relatives but to no success.It is because of the perceived ossibility
of not being able to locate any of the late Engr. John Waley (Snr). Next
of kin (He had no wife or children that is known to us].The management under
the influence of our chairman and members of the board of directors,that
arrangement has been made for the fund to be declared Unclaimedand subsequently
be donated to the trust fund for arms and ammunition to further enhance
the course of war in Africa and the world in general.
In order to avert this negative development,some of my trusted colleagues
and I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late
Engr.John Waley(Snr)so that the fund US$17.5million will be released and
paid into your account as the beneficiarys next of kin. All documents and
proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out.We have
secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiarys, and more so we are assuring you business is 100%riskfree involvement.Your
share stays while the rest be for myself and my colleagues for investment
purpose,according to agreement within both parties.As soon as we receive
an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business proposal,we would furnish you with the necessary modalities and
disbursement ratio to suite both parties without any conflict.If this proposal
is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed
in you.
Please write back to me as soon as possible indicating your interest.
Best regards.
Dr Morris Uche.
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