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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: "barry johnson" <johnsonbarry11@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:46:25 +0000
Subject: Business Proposals
The Desk Of: Dr.Barry Johnson.
Please forward your response to my private email below:
Email: barryjohnson@pochta.ru
Attn:Sir/Madam,
I take liberty anchored on strong desire to solicit for your assistance on
this mutual beneficial and risk free transaction with you, which I hope you
give urgent attention. To be precise, I am Dr Barry Johnson, the Manager of
Bills/Exchange at the Foreign Exchange/Remittance Department of First Bank
Plc here in lagos Nigeria. In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum
of US $32,524,000.00 (Thirty Two Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Four
Thousand United States Dollars) in an Account that belongs to one of Our
customers who died along with his entire family in 1988 Lockerbie Pan
American Airline plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
Kin to come over and claim his money, because we can not release it unless
somebody applied for Its release as next of Kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking rules, but unfortunately to no avail, and nobody
has come forward to claim the money (because the mentioned next of kin which
is his
Son died as well).
The banking law and procedures herein stipulates that any account abandoned
or dormant for a period of some years is subjected to be closed and all
money contained therein be forfeited and return to the Government treasury.
For this reason, we decided to transfer the fund to a Security Finance
Company in Europe. The fund is Presently deposited in Europe. I decided to
establish a cordial business relationship with you, by contacting you. I
want you to purportedly present your good self as the next of Kin or
relative of the deceased before the Security Finance Company. I will prepare
documentations in your favor and advice the Security Finance Company to
release
the money into your account for safety and Subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and again we do not want the funds to go into the
Governments account as "Unclaimed Bill".
I will come to your country where we can share the funds; you are urged to
reply this letter indicating your readiness and interest to participate in
the business. Immediately I hear from you, we shall advise you on the next
step forward. I quite believe that you will protect our interest by keeping
this business top Secret and confidential, as your interest will be equally
protected in order to achieve and maintain maximum confidentiality. I trust
to hear from you on the above private email as I count on your response. I
shall send you the information of the Finance company after your response so
that you will contact them for further dealings. I wait for your good
response.
Yours truly,
Dr.Barry Johnson.
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