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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: "Joseph Davis" <josephdavis01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: joseph_davis@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 06:24:30 +0000
Subject: Personal
From the Desk of:
MR. JOSEPH OTUNBA
With great pleasure I, MR.JOSEPH OTUNBA, an accountant of a Bank, I am
writing you in respect of a foreign customer a consultant/ with the my
Government, The Depositor who's name I shall declare as soon as you indicate
your interest made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months valued at S$20,500,000.00 (Twenty Million five Hundred Thousand
Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
that he is no more. I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin
was fruitless. Also, he did not declare any next of kin or relations in all
his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$20,500,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
Since the demise of this our customer, I have personally watched the account
with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no
one has come to claim his FIXED DEPOSIT fund of USD.$20.5million, [Twenty
Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars] which has been with my branch for a
very long time. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has
come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir.
Hence I have decided to seek your co-operation in this business deal due to
the sensitivity of this transaction. It may interest you to know that I am
only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to
a local Bank account here, but can only be approved to a foreigner with an
account since the money is in US Dollars. I have decided as a matter of
urgency upon this discovery now seek your permission to have you stand as
next of kin to the deceased as No one has ever come forward to claim this
fund. In accordance to Nigerian Law, fund deposited for a long period of
time without claim will be reverted to the Nigerian Government treasury if
nobody applies to claim this fund after a long period of time. I want you to
co-operate with me I have secured from the probate an Order of Madamus to
locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Hence I am contacting you with this
proposal.
This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address, Date of Birth, Occupation,Tel & Fax Numbers so that the Attorney
will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in
place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of two Attorneys for
drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents
and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. The
Bank 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. I have almost resolved to finalize this transaction with some
money to secure documents in your name as the bonafide beneficiary of this
fund $20.5m which guarantees our safety and successful transfer. With the
above suggestion, it is reliable, safe and quick for transfer process.
At the successful conclusion of this business, your good self shall be
entitled to have 25% that while the rest shall come to me. Your response is
highly imperative as this is a TWO-man business deal transaction as I shall
then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction. I need your assistance and co-operation to this
reality as I have done my Home-work and fine tune the best way to create you
as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney You
have absolutely nothing to LOSE in assisting me instead, you have so much to
GAIN. Be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for
both of us.
I will appreciate your early reply for commencement of business. Contact me
for acknowledgement by E-mail and whereby you are not interested; please
indicate in your reply so that I can seek for the assistance of someone
else.
Thanks for your expected co-operation and treat ASAP as your utmost Trust,
Honesty and Confidentiality will be highly appreciated in this business deal
transaction.
Thanks with great regards.
MR. Joseph Otunba.
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