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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: "johnugo199@ommail.com" <johnugo_2003@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:20:38 -1200
Subject: Private Offer
Dear Friend,
Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr.John
Ugo, Head, Corporate & Investment Banking with Lagoon
International Bank Plc. This letter may come to you as a
surprise since it is coming from someone you have not met
before and due to high volume of Spam mail that goes around
the world through this means but I have no other choice than
to send it to you through the internet means, Therefore,
I will appreciate it if you honor it and give me all your
trust and full co operation.
I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable
person/company to handle a confidential transaction on
behalf of my Colleagues and myself.
As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the world trade
center (WTC) Regional office in Lagos,
Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was not made
known to them.
Proposition :
An America Mr. Morris Thompson who
isanOilconsultant/contractor with NNPC had in our Bank the
sum of US$5.5m in a domiciliary account Number:
14-2558-2004, of which I am the account officer, he
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31
2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to
claim the money. He named his wife, as the next of kin.
Unfortunately, two of them died in a
plane crash you can confirm it yourself via website :
site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank through
the American Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased
children but to no avail, as we were made to understand that
the couple had no children. Given the skeletal information
available to the Bank,
it has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives.
The option left for the Bank management is to declare the
deceased account dormant and revert the
funds to trading on behalf of and in the interest of the
Bank.
In Nigeria, and almost all other parts of African continent,
when Banks acquire funds such as that of Mr. Morris
Thompson, they are required by law to
donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust Fund For
Arms And Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions purchased with
funds from the Trust Fund are used to further enhance the
course of war in Africa and invariably turbulence of some
sort in the world in general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this
negative development that my Colleagues and I now seek your
assistance to have you stand as a distant relative {Next Of
Kin} to Mr. Morris Thompson, so that the funds would be
released to you. All documents and proofs to enable you get
the funds will be carefully packaged once we receive your
consent on this
proposal.
May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe and
risk-free, as we have taken care of all necessary modalities
to ensure a hitch-free transaction.
I have the authority of my partners involved in this
transaction to propose that should you be willing to assist
us in the transaction your share would
be 40% of the US$5.5million, 60% for us.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint me.
Best Regards.
Mr.John Ugo
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