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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: "scott smith" <umualofe@msn.com>
Reply-To: greg4@gregmartinsng.com
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 08:32:20 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY.
Africa International Bank Plc.
Lagos-Nigeria.
Dear Sir,
STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am Greg Martins Secretary to the manager, Bills and Exchange at the
Foreign Remittance Department of the Africa International Bank Plc.. I am
writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out
this business opportunity in my department. We discovered an abandoned sum
of $6,230,000.00 (Six million , Two Hundred And Thirty Thousand United
States Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children
in November 1999 in a Car crash.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come
over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the
fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, neither
their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said
fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have
agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your
account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered he
maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the
banks treasury as unclaimed fund.
We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus; 20 % for
you as foreign partner, 75 % for us the officials in my department and 5 %
for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by us and you
during the course of this business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues
will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 75% we intend
to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of recycling the
fund. To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate
your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone
number, fax number full name and address and your designated bank
coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments
for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of
its nature.
I look forward to receiving your prompt response.
Greg Martins.
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