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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: Mrs Rufus Ada George <mrs_rufusadageorge003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:20:17 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
Dear,
We want to transfer to overseas ($35,000.000.00 USD)
thirtyfive million United States
Dollars from a Bank in Africa, I want to ask you to
quietly look for a reliable and honest person who
will be capable and fit to provide either an
existingbank account or to set up a new Bank a/c
immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this money, as long as you will
remain honest to me till the end of this important
business, trusting in you and believing in God that
you will never let me down either now or in future. As
you know that the goverment of nigeria is now a
democratic so I
want to transfer the fund before my ritarment I am
Rufus Adageorg, the Auditor General of a UBA,IN
Nigeria
during the course of our auditing, I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1994 and since 2001 nobody has operated on
this account again, after going through some old files
in the records I discovered that the owner of the
account died without a [heir] hence the money is
floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently
it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner
of this account is Mr. Duncan Harkinson, a foreigner,
and a sailor. He died since 1995, and no
other person knows about this account or anything
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary
and my investigation proved to me as well that Duncan
Harkinson until his death was the manager Duncan
Coy.(pty), SA.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us
together. I got your contact address from the girl
who operates computer. I am revealing this to you with
belief in God that you will never let me down in
this business. You are the first and the only person
that I am contacting for this business, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step
to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and
fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and
to sign a binding agreement that will bind us
together before transferring the money to any account
of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before
we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and
investments.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine,
because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information
on this account, which I will give to you, upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with instruction of a
key bank official who is deeply involved with me in
this business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never,
never let me down.
With my influence and the position of the bank
official we can transfer this money to any foreigner's
reliable account which you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending our physical
arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official
will destroy all documents of transaction immediately
we receive this money, leaving no trace to any place
and to build confidence, you can come immediately to
discuss with me face to face after which I will make
this remittance in your presence and three of us will
fly to your country at least two days ahead of the
money going into the account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately
I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive
this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward
transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries
and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
30% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 10%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email
mrs_rufusadageorge003@yahoo.co.uk
Best Regards.
Mrs Rufus Adageorge
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