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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: "Jenniffer Robert" <jenniffer9@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:00:43 +0000
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC
IKORODU BRANCH, ONIPANUE,
LAGOS, NIGERIA
E-Mail DIRECT: jonesukah02@msn.com.
Attn: President/ Ceo,
Dear Sir,
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL. I am Chief Jones Ukah a Manager
of UNION BANK PLC Lagos. I came to know of you in my private search for a
reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction, which
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a Foreign Bank Account
requiring maximum confidence.
THE PREPOSITION:
The Late Engineer MARK JOHNSON, Lebanese national and an oil
merchant/contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death
Three years ago in a ghastly air crash, banked with us here at the UNION
BANK PLC, Lagos, and had a closing balance of USD12, 000,000.00 (Twelve
Million Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably expect it to be claimed
by MARK JOHNSON’S next of kin or alternatively be donated to a Charity
Organization here.
Efforts have been made by the UNION BANK, to get in touch with any of the
JOHNSON’S family but to no avail. It is because of the perceived
impossibility of not being able to locate ENGR MARK JOHNSON’S next of kin
that the management under the influence of our Chairman Board of Directors,
Major General Kalu Ike Kalu who has agreed that since the incident occurred
in 2003 and has left the fund dormant and devalued, we should transfer the
fund overseas and utilize it either on stock exchange market or personal
business interest.
Your role is very important as the fund when concluded on transfer will be
justifiably presented as having been remitted to the next of kin, which is
assumed to be you. Your interest will be protected as unnecessary
documentation will be avoided and adequate percentage scheduled for mutual
benefit.
1. Account holder 20% (foreign Partner)
2. Nigerian Partner 80% (Nigerian Partner) Please signal your interest by
dispatching your name contact Address, phone, and fax numbers through my,
Direct email Address: Prompt realization is being strongly considered by us
over here as our pattern of disbursement.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and safe as long as you
and I maintain maximum confidentiality and secrecy. I am at disposal to
entertain any question(s) from you with respect to this project, so send me
the above-mentioned requirements immediately through my email address. I
hope this will be the beginning of a fruitful and mutual beneficial business
relationship. Please, treat with strictest confidentiality and utmost
urgency.
Yours faithfully,
Chief Jones Ukah.
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