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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: "Dr. Alex Obi" <dralexobi@msn.com>
Reply-To: dralexobi@compaqnet.fr
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:23:31 +0000
Subject: My Friend, Urgent Reply Needed Immediately
Dr. Alex Obi.
Lagos-Nigeria.
Dear Friend,
I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, I got your
contact in my search for a reputable and trust worthy person/Company, who
can stand confidently with me in this successful business arrangement.
Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self to you.
I am, the Auditor General of a Government Accredited Oil Company here in
Nigeria. Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is anchored in my
strong desire to solicit your sincere derstanding and co-operation in this
transaction that would certainly boost the financial stand of both parties
involved when completed.
As a matter of fact, We want to transfer to your account (US$ 52,000.000.00
USD) Fifty two million United States Dollars) from the Oil company's
operating Bank account here in Africa, I want you to quietly work with me in
this transaction as a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit
to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank A/C
immediately to receive this money, even an empty account can serve to
receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of
this important transaction,trusting in you and believing in God that you
will never let me down either now or in the near future.
In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating
fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the bank in 1990
and since then, nobody has operated on this account again, after going
through some old files in the records I discovered that the money in the
account was mapped out for the refurblishment of the Oil Company's
Machineries. Meanwhile, Mr. Magnus Leon, the President of the Oil Company
was the only signatory to the account, but unfortunately he died after a
brief illness in 1993.And no other person knows about this
account or any thing concerning it, and the account has no other
beneficiary. And my investigation proved to me that Mr. Magnus Leon, until
his death had wanted to siphoned that money into his personal account in New
York hence he did not disclose the operating devises of the account to the
Board of Trustees.
I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you are a
foreigner because, this money can only be Approved to any foreigner who can
present all documents that will prove that he/she is the Next of
Kin/Beneficiary to the account base on the fact that Mr. Magnus Leon
the owner of this account is a foreigner, and the money can only be approved
into a foreign bank account.
Therefore, if you are capable of handling this transaction with me, lets
make the necessary arrangement for the hitch-free transfer of this money to
any safe bank account that you may nominate, on a share percentage bases.
However, we shall sign a binding agreement, to bind us together as partners
in this regard.I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will
never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person
that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently and
indicate your sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the modalities
already mapped out for the hitch-free transfer of the money out of Africa
here.
I will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contacting you I
need your full co-operation to make this work adequately. Upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and Willing to meet up
with the instructions of the top bank official that is deeply involved with
me in this business, I shall commence actions immediately to process the
payment of the money in your favor as the beneficiary.
With my influence and position, we can transfer this money to any reliable
foreign bank Account, which you will have to provide for me.
I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon as possible.
Yours truly,
Dr. Alex Obi.
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