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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: "Mr Mark " <mark111@superbee.com.br>
Reply-To: markcollinsctb1@katamail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:23:41 -0300
Subject: 2rd July 2005 Mail (C.I.B)
CITIZENS INTERNATION BANK PLC
From the desk of: Mr.Collins Mark
Head Office
11 B Akin Adesola Street
Victoria Island.
Lagos Nigeria.
Tel#: 011 234 8035501497
Private email: markcollinsctb1@katamail.comDear Friend,
I am Mr.Collins Mark, Branch Manager with CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC (C.I.B) I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department. We discovered an abandoned sum of ($25.5 million u.s. dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Engineer David who died in the Ikeja bomb blast of the January 27, 2002 my client, his wife, and their two children were involved in Ikeja bomb blast unfortunately they lost their lives in the process of the bomb blast.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and make claims for his money as the to the deceased, because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, neither their family member or distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount ($25.5 million u.s. dollars) into your account as the next of kin to the deceased since no one came for it or discovered his maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus; 30 % for you as foreign partner, 65 % for us the officials in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign expences incurred&n bsp; during the course of t his business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues will come down to your country and mind our share. It is from our 65 % we intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of recycling the fund. To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number and fax number full, name and address to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.
I look forward to receiving your prompt response.
Mr.Collins Mark (C.I.B)
For confirmation, please refer to the links below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/worald/africa/2698081.stm
http://www.worldsocialist-cwi.org/index2.html?/eng/2002/02/02.html
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