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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: oluse7@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 19:46:23 +0100
Subject: Legal Beneficiary
FROM THE DESK OF MARTINS OLUSEGUN
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA, BIG, STRONG,RELIABLE!
DIRECTOR CREDIT CONTROL DEPARTMENT.
PRIVATE EMAIL: martinsolusegun20@yahoo.com
My names are Mr Martins Olusegun, I worked with Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc,Marina
Branch, Lagos Nigeria.
I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you that should
be handled with extreme confidentiality.
On January 6,1998 a Foreign Consultant and contractor with the Nigerian Railway
Corporation Mr. Theophilous Baker made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for
twelve calendar months valued at US$4.5M (Four Million, Five Hundred United
States Dollars Only) in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank policy
to his forwarding address but got no reply.After a month we sent a reminder
and finally, we discovered from his contract employers Nigerian Railway Corporation
that Mr. Theophilous Baker died in an automobile accident.
On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a Will
and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigations and discovered that Mr.Theophilous Baker did not declare
any next of kin or relations in all his official documents including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
No one will ever come forward to claim it and according to the Law of my
country, at the expiration of 7 years the money will revert to the ownership
of the State (Government) if nobody applies to claim the fund.
This prompted Me to contact you.I want to front you as the next of kin of
our late client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of $4.5
million U.S Dollars that is presently in my Bank.
I contacted you because it is against I have unanimously agreed that 25%
of the entire sum would be for you if you agree to take part in this profitable
transaction, 65% for me while the remaining 10% would be used to pay back
the expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction by
both parties after the fund has been claimed and lodged in your account.
In the event that you are genuinely interested in the transaction,the following
information would be needed from you to expedite action.
1) Your Full Name,
2) Your Residential or Company Address,
3) Your Private Telphone and Fax numbers where you can be reached at all
time because this transaction entails constant communication.
I want to assure you that this transaction is 100% legal and totally free
from all risks as all modalities has been perfected to ensure the hitch free
success of the transaction.
If you are interested, send me the requested information via email as soon
as possible so that we can proceed.
I await your response urgently.
Regards,
Mr Martins Olusegun
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