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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: "Mr Prince Lapel" <MrPrinceLapel@Z6.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 05:31:06 -0700
Subject: Awaiting your urgent reply.
Dear Friiend
This latter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet meet. The massage could be srange but real if you paqy some attention to, i could have notified you about it, at list for the sake of your intergrity.
Please accept my sincere apologies in beganning this massage of goodwill to you, i have to say i have no intention causing you any ambarassment.
I am Mr Prince Lapel, Branch Manager Apex Trust Bank(ATB). I managed to get your contract details through the internet myself. Time is of important and i am desperately looking for a person to assist me in this confidential business.
A British Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Nigerian National Petrolum Corporation(NNPC) Mr Frank Van Dijck, Best made a nnumber time (fixed) deeposit on July 6th 2000valued at $(12.500,000,00)twelve million five hundred thousand u.s Dollar's) for twelve (12) ceellendar months in may branch.
Before Maturety, i sent a routine notificatiion to his forwarding addiess but got no reply. After one mouth i sent a riminder and finally, i discover from his contract employers, Nigerian National Petrolum Corporation (NNPC) that mr Frank Van Dijck died from an atomoble accidenton September 19th 2001
On further investigation, i found out that he died with out making a WILL, and all attenpt to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I there fore made futher investiigation and discover that Mr Frank Van Dijck did not declare kin or relation in all his official document, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum U.S $ (12,500,000.00) is still in my Bank and the intreast is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
Accordint to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 6(six) years the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund as the deceased kinship
consequently, my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr Frank Van Dijck so that the fruit of this mans labour will not get into the hand of some corrupt government official.
This is simple, i will like you to provide immediatly your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the neccessary document and afidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin.
We shall employ the service of two lawers for draqfting notarrization of the letter of prokate/administration in your favor for thr tranfer.
A Bank account in any part of the world that you provide will then facilitate the trasfar of this money to you as the boneficiary /next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio 60% for me 4% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the peperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager gurantee the successful execution of this tansaction .
Upon your responds, i shall than provide you with more details and relevaqnt documennt that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observer utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would bemost profitable for both of us because i shall requre your assistance to invest my share in your Country.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
You can reach me through my E-mail. MrPrinceLapel@Z6.com
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