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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: "Great Mail Box" <akunuba22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: anita_joy@fastermail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 01:55:03 -0500
Subject: CRY FOR HELP!!!
CRY FOR HELP!!!
ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM
STRICTLLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I AM MRS ANITA SMITH, A WIDOW, AND AN EX-WIFE TO LATE MR. MIKE DAVID SMITH,
WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH, ON NOVEMBER 1997. BEFORE HIS DEATH, WE HAD A
FAMILY PROBLEM THAT ENDED UP IN DIVORCE, AND BEFORE OUR DIVORCE, I ALREADY
HAD TWO CHILDREN FOR HIM, AND STILL HE LEFT ME WITH THE CHILDREN, AND HE
NEVER BORDERED TO KNOW HOW WE FEED, OR HOW WE ARE LIVING. SO HE GOT MARRIED
TO ANOTHER WOMAN, WHO HAD THREE KIDS FOR HIM. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF A STEEL
COMPANY, NAMED MDSMITH STEEL COMPANY. ON NOVEMBER 1997, HE HAD A PLANE CRASH
WITH HIS SECOND WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN.
I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION TO CARRY
OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. MY LATE HUSBAND DEPOSITED SUM OF
$15,000.000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) IN HIS ACCOUNT
WITH UNION BANK OF NIGERIA. SINCE HE DIED, I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS HIS FUND
THAT HE DEPOSITED WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA, UNTIL HIS PERSONAL
ATTORNEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT THIS DISCOVERY, I WAS SO SHOCKED,
AND AT THE SAME TIME I THANK GOD BECAUSE SINCE MY HUSBAND DIED I NEVER
RECEIVED ANY HELP FROM ANYBODY, NONE OF HIS CLOSED AND GOOD FRIENDS SHOWED
CONCERN TO KNOW HOW I THE POOR WIDOW AND MY CHILDREN ARE FEEDING, WE WHERE
ABANDONED, NO HOUSE, NO WORK, MY CHILDREN ARE NO MORE SCHOOLING BECAUSE OF
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WE HAVE HERE IN MY COUNTRY. OUR LEADERS ARE SO WICKED
AND HEARTLESS, THEY DO NOT CARE FOR THE WIDOWS. I AM SO MUCH IN PAIN AND
AGONY, I HAVE PRAYED AND CRIED TO GOD EVERYDAY TO HEAR MY HUMBLE CRY OF A
WIDOW, BUT ATLAST HE ANSWERED.
NOW THE ATTORNEY MADE ME UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BANK IS LOOKING FOR THE
NEXT-OF-KIN TO PUT CLAIMS FOR HIS MONEY AS THE HEIR, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT
RELEASE THE FUND FROM HIS ACCOUNT UNLESS SOMEONE WHO IS THE NEXT OF KIN
APPLIES FOR CLAIM AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE MY LATE HUSBAND AS INDICATED IN
THE BANKING GUIDELINES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAWYER KNOWS THAT I AM NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS FUND,
KNOWING MY CONDITION AND POSITION, I AM A POOR WIDOW, AND THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN TO ESCAPE FROM POVERTY AND MOVE AWAY FROM
THIS WICKED COUNTRY, AND START A NEW LIFE OVER THERE IN ABROAD, AND MY
CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE THERE EDUCATION. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING IS A FOREIGNER
WHO WILL HELP US RECEIVE THIS FUND INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT, SOMEONE THAT IS
CAPABLE AND TRUST WORTHY, WHO WILL NOT RUN AWAY WITH THIS MONEY IMMEDIATELY
THE MONEY GETS INTO THE ACCOUNT AND ABANDON ME AND MY CHILDREN. ME AND MY
CHILDREN HAVE AGREED TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH YOU AND THE BANK WILL RELEASE
THE TOTAL AMOUNT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ON MY BEHALF OF THE FUND .
WE NEED TO ACT FAST, 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: 35% FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER,55% FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN
AND 10% FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN
EXPENSES INCURRED BY YOU DURING THE COURSE OF THIS BUSINESS.
UPON THE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSFER, I AND MY TWO CHILDREN
WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR OUR SHARE, AND WE WILL START A NEW LIFE
ENTIRELY OVER THERE, AND I WILL INVEST PART OF OUR SHARE THROUGH YOU IN YOUR
COUNTRY, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN COUNT ON FOR SURVIVAL WHILE IN
YOUR COUNTRY.
TO COMMENCE THIS TRANSACTION, WE REQUIRE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY INDICATE YOUR
INTEREST BY A RETURN E- MAIL AND ENCLOSE YOUR PRIVATE CONTACT TELEPHONE
NUMBER, FAX NUMBER FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOUR DESIGNATED BANK
COORDINATES TO ENABLE THE ATTORNEY TO FILE LETTER OF CLAIM
TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS FOR NECESSARY APPROVALS BEFORE THE
TRANSFER CAN BE MADE. IMMEDIATELY YOU FORWARD TO ME ALL THE NECESSARY
INFORMATIONS, I WILL FORWARD THEM TO THE ATTORNEY, THEN THE ATTORNEY WILL
START UP THE CLAIMING OF THIS FUND. DEFINITELY, YOU WILL BE DEALING DIRECTLY
WITH THE ATTORNEY TOO, BECAUSE HE IS IN POSITION TO MAKE THIS TRANSACTION
SUCCESSFUL.
NOTE ALSO, THIS TRANSACTION MUST BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OF
ITS NATURE.I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.
REMAIN BLESSED.
MRS ANITA SMITH
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