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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: "David" <drdavidimo@yahoo.it>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:01:23 -1200
Subject: From David
Good day,
I wish the best to you and your farmily and I hope that you
will receive this mail in good spirit and respond quickly
with ultmost secrecy and confidentiality.
My name is Dr.David Imo. I am the eastern manager of UNITED
BANK OF AFRICA NIGERIA PLC (U.B.A).I want to transfer out
$USD 26 million ( TWENTY SIX MILLION U.S DOLLARS) from our
bank. I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest
person who will be capable for this important business
believing that you will never let me down either now or in
future.There is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and
since 2000 nobody has operated on this account again,after
going through some old files in the records I discovered
that if I do not remitte this money out urgently it will be
forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is ENGR. DAVID WILSON, he is a
foreigner and the manager of petrol chemical service,a
chemical Engineer by proffession and he died since 1990, and
since then no other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it.secondly he did not clearify his next
of kin in his deposition form when he deposited this fund in
our bank.The account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that his company does not
know anything about this account and the amount involved is
(U.S.$26,000,000.00)
I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account
abroad but i don't know any foreigner,I am contacting you as
a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to any
local bank here but can only be approved to a foreign
account because the money is in u.s dollars and the former
owner of the account (ENGR. DAVID WILSON) is a foreigner
too. I know that this message will come to you as a surprise
as we don't know ourself before,but be sure that it is real
and a genuine business.I believe in god that you will never
let me down in this business,you are the only person that i
have contacted for this business for now,so please reply
urgently so that we can receive this money into a foreign
account or any account ofyour choice where the fund will be
remmited.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner with a foreign account as the real beneficiary,I
need your co-operation to make this work fine,because the
management of our bank is ready to approve this payment to
any foreigner who has the correct information to this
account which i will give to you when sure of your
capability to handle such amount with instrict confidence
and trust,and according to my instructions and my advice for
our mutual benefit because I don't want to make any mistake.
I need your strong assurance and trust,I will use my
position and influence on other staffs to effect legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account
with appropriate clearance from foreign payment department
with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
physical arrival in your country for the sharing and other
investment.I could have done this deal alone but because of
my position in this country as a civil servant, we are not
allowed to operate a foreign account and that would
eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer since I still work in this bank, this is the actual
reason.
Finally,at the conclusion of this business,I will give you
25% of the total amount,70% will be for me ,while 5% will be
for expenses both parties might have incured during the
process of this transaction.Please try and negotiate for me
some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is
risk free which I can invest with this money when it is
transferred to your account and I am interested in estate
management and hotel business, please advise me.Please reply
this mail immediately so that i will tell you how we will
start the transfer.
I am assuring you that this transfer is real and
genuine.Thanks and God bless you.
Yours truely,
Dr.David Imo
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