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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: "simmy ada" <simmy_ada1@simmyada.com>
Reply-To: simmy66@myway.com
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 01:13:41 +0000
Subject: NEED YOUR RESPONSE TO PROCEED
TALL +234-80-23-080-404
MR SIMMY ADE.
simmy66@myway.com
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgentand profitable business
proposal, Though I don?t know you neither have I seen you before but my
confidence was reposed On you when the Chief Executive of Nigerian chamber
of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential business.
I am the manager of Gulf Bank Nigeria Plc(GBN) Ikeja Branch, The intended
business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner (aTurkish) resident in
Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one of the
Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in my branch the sum of US$27
Million (Twenty Seven Million U.S. Dollars). Unfortunately, the man died
seven years ago together with his children and wife in a plane crash,may
there soul rest in peace, until today non-of his next of kin has come
Forward to claim the money. Having noticed this, I in collaboration with two
other top Officials of the bank we have covered up the account all this
while.If nobody shows up as the next of kin to our said late customer,the
corrupt government of my country will order us to put this money into the
goverment tresuary,but will only at the end pur it in their private pockets.
Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin
and forward Your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you
by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all internal
documentations to back up the claims The whole procedures will last only
ten working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without trace even
in future. Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged
all necessary things As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back
to me indicating your interest Then I will furnish you with the whole
procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully Concluded for your
assistance we have agreed to give you thirty percent (30%) of the Total sum
at the end of the transaction. I am
assuring You that there is no risk in this transaction. also all
orrespondence Towards this transaction will be through telephone and fax. I
await your earliest response.
Thanks,
Yours Sincerely
TALL +234-80-23-080-404
MR SIMMY ADE.
simmy66@myway.com
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