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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: "Evans" <evans@seram.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:27:31 -0500
Subject: UNION BANK PLC.
FROM: EVANS TIMOTHY
UNION BANK PLC
LAGOS.
EMAIL: evanstimothy1970@netscape.net
ACT ACCORDINGLY AND PRIVATELY
I am Mr. Evans Timothy the bills and exchange director at Union Bank Plc in lagos.
MY PROPOSITION;
I am writing this letter to solicit for support and assistance from you to carry out this business opportunity in my department.Lying in an inactive account awaiting liquidation is the sum of USD $25.2million belonging to a foreign customer (Michael Gambone) who was a petroleum/gas consultant/contactor with the Nigeria National Petroleum coporation who happens to be deceased during a business trip. He died with his wife(Deborah Gambone) on board the Swissair Flight 111 , which crashed into the Atlantic off Nova Scotia in september 2nd 1998.
The news of this crash was on the news which we at the have notified his relatives to no avail.
See links below for more detail informaion:
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/05/swissair.transcripts/
Ever since he died with his wife the bank have been expecting his next of kin to come and claim these fund, the NDIC could not liquidate the account because I have filled a motion that a next of kin wrote in to the effect last week. To this effect, they can not release the money unless someone applies for it as next of kin, as indicated in our banking guideline.
At this juncture i have decided to do business with you in collaboration with two other officials in the bank, to this effect we solicit your assistance in applying as the next of kin and beneficiary to Michael Gambone(I will guide you on how this will be done) then the money will be released to you. As we do not want this money to go into the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill,or our superiors taking the funds for their own personal use.
The banking law and guideline stipulates that if such money(s) remains unclaimed for a period of up to seven years(7yrs) the money will be transferred into the banks treasury as an unclaimed bill. Our request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner. To effect the immediate transfer of the fund to you as agreed, you must apply first to the bank as the next of kin to the decease, I will guide you on how this would be done. The fund shall then be transferred to you legally in accordance to all laid down procedures governing closure of account and transfer of funds.I will send to you the AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM DOCUMENT that you will send to the bank to enable you make legal claim to the funds.
If you are willing to assist us, we have agree to give you 15 Percent of USD $25.2 million united states Dollars.
Note that this transaction is legitimate,safe and 100% risk free.
Upon receipt of your reply through my PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY: evanstimothy1970@netscape.net
Do includes your personal telephone number for easy communication between us.
I will confidentially work out all modalities for the successful transfer of this money to you.I will further clarify you in details on how to effect the business.
I hope to hear from you soon
My Best Regards
Mr. Evans Timothy.
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