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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: "stephen eloho" <stepheneloho@msn.com>
Reply-To: informstephen@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:27:19 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU ASSIST
From The Desk Of Mr.Stephen Eloho
Auditing And Accounting Unit.
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
Lagos, Nigeria.
GOOD DAY SIR/MA
Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it
is my humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this
project request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not
come to you as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.
I am Mr.Stephen Eloho,the Auditing and Accounting Unit,Foreign
Operations Department Union Bank Of Nig,PLC. I have an urgent and
confidential business proposal for you.On June 6,Engr.Steve Moore made
a numbered time (fixed)deposit for twelve calender month valued at
US$15.500.000.00(Fiften Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in
my branch. On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded
address but got no reply after months we sent a reminder and finally
we discovered from his contract employee (Nigeria national petroleum
Corporation) that Late Engr.Steve Moore died from an automobile
accident. On further investigation it was clear that he died without
making a will. All attempts by the Australian to trace his next of kin
were fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Late
Engr.Steve Moore did not declare any next of kin or relations in all
his official documents including his deposit document in my bank. The
total sum of US$15,500,000.00 is still in my bank as dormant acct. No
one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian banking
law, after five years,the money will revert to the ownership of the
Nigerian Government. If the account owner is certified death and
nobody comes forward to claim it.
This is the situation , and my proposal is that I am looking for a
foreigner who will stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin. This is
simple. All you have to do is to immediately send me the details of a
bank account anywhere in the world for me to arrange the proper money
transfer document. The money will then be transferred into the account
for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me 30% for you while the
remaining 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred within here and
there.There is no risk involved. I am using my position and connection
in the bank here to do all the document work for the transaction. We
shall employ the services of an attorney to obtain all necessary
documents and letter of administration in your favour for the
transfer.
This transaction is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested,please
reply immediately confidentiality and be rest assured that this
transaction could be most profitable for both of us. Please do not
expose this deal if you are not interested because if you do, it will
take me out ofseat.
I await your urgent reply,please feel free to reply me to my private
email addresse below for more details:informstephen@hotmail.com
Best regards,
Mr.Stephen Eloho
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