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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: "John Ugo" <johnugo@omarehrits.com>
Reply-To: johnugo_2003@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:44:16 +0000
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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