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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: "OLISA BIKO" <olisa@ubnonline.net>
Reply-To: olisa_biko5@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:47:13 +0000
Subject: Mr.OLISA BIKO
Mr.OLISA BIKO
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS.
TO: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO
DEAR SIR,
RE: TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF its NATURE AS BEING
UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP ECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF
THIS
MAGNITUDE WILL MAKEANYONE APPREHENSIVE
AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL
AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU
THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS
TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF YOUR
DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING
MYSELF TO YOU. I AM Mr.Olisa Biko, AN ACCOUNTANT WITH
THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC BRANCH OFFICE LAGOS.
I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A
RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS
CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION AS WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE
SERVICE. THE PROPOSITION: AN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL,LATE
ENGINEER BUTCH R.MIGUEL,AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,UNTIL HIS DEATH
THREE YEARS AGO IN A GHASTLY AIR CRASH IN AN EGYPT
AIR, FLIGHT 990 WHICH OCCURED ON 2ND NOVEMBER
1999,BANKED WITH US HERE AT UNION BANK OF NIGERIA .
MARINA BRANCH LAGOS, AND HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE OF
US$30.5M (THIRTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS)IN A FIXED DEPOSIT ACCOUNT, WHICH THE BANK
UNQUESTIONABLY
EXPECTS IT TO BE CLAIMED BY ANY AVAILABLE
FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE LATE BENEFICIARY OR
ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST FUND
FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS AT THE MILITARY WAR COLLEGE IN
KADUNA STATE HERE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.SEQUEL TO THIS,FERVENT VALUABLE
EFFORTS WERE MADE BY UNION BANK OF NIGERIA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF
THE
MIGUEL'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT PROVED TO NO AVAIL.IT IS BECAUSE OF
THE
PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF THE LATE
ENGR.BUTCH
R. MIGUEL'S
NEXT-OF-KIN(HE HAD NO KNOWN WIFE AND CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT
UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS,MAJOR-GENERAL KALU UKE KALU(Rtd), THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE
FOR
THE FUND TO BE
DECLARED"UN-CLAIMABLE" AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE DONATED TO
THE TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITON
TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE
WORLD IN GENERAL.IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS CRUDE AND NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT,
SOME
OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU
STAND AS
THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE
ENGR. BUTCH R.MIGUEL, SO THAT THE FUND US$30.5M WOULD
BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT-OF
KIN.ALL
DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY
WORKED OUT AND MORE SO AS PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF
100%
RISK-FREE INVOLVEMENT.
YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR MYSELF AND
MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY. NOTE THAT
THIS TRANSACTION WILL STRICTLY BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS I HAVE STATED BELOW, AS WE HAVE HEARD CONFIRMED CASES OF
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES RUNNING AWAY WITH FUNDS KEPT IN THEIR CUSTODY WHEN
IT IS
FINALLY REMITTED
INTO THIER BANK ACCOUNTS. A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE ONE OF MR. PETER
HOPWOOD,THE PRESIDENT OF MILEAGE TRADING AND INVESTMENT COMPANY AT
NUMBER
121, WEST 55TH STREET, 21st FLOOR, NEW YORK 10022, AND THE FORMER
CHAIRMAN
OF OMPADEC (MR PATRICK OPIA) WHOM WE WERE RELIABLY INFORMED THAT AFTER
THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 15% OF THE
MONEY
WHILE THE REMAINING 85% FOR THE NIGERIAN OFFICIALS, WITH ALL THE
REMAINING
DOCUMENTS SIGNED,THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERED INTO MR HOPWOOD'S
ACCOUNT,ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK
AND WERE INFORMED THAT MR PETER HOPWOOD WAS NO LONGER ON THAT
ADDRESS,WHILE
HIS TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS HAD BEEN RE-ALLOCATED TO SOME BODY
ELSE.THIS
WAS HOW THEY LOST US$18.5M TO MR HOPWOOD.THIS IS A VERY RECENT STORY
HERE IN
MY COUNTRY AND EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THIS.SOME OF THE OFFICIALS DECIDED
TO
CRY OUT AND FACE THE LAW, BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY HAD LOST SO MUCH TO A
STRANGER, WHILE THE CHAIRMAN OF OMPADEC (MR PATRICK OPIA) IS NOW
HIDDING IN
A FORIEGN COUNTRY. SO RIGHT NOW, I AM TAKING ALL
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST RE-OCCURENCE OF SUCH ACT IN OUR
CASE.THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS TRANSACTION
WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:-
(a) OUR CONVICTION OF YOUR TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY ANDDILIGENCE.
(b) THAT YOU WILL TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST SECRECY AND
CONFIDENTIALITY
(c) YOU MUST BE READY TO PRODUCE US WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT
YOURSELF
TO PUT OUR MINDS AT REST.
(d) THAT UPON RECIEPT OF THE FUND, YOU WILL PROMPTLY RELEASE OUR SHARE
ON
DEMAND AFTER YOU HAVE DEDUCTED YOUR 20%. YOUR
URGENCY WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED AS WE ARE ALREDY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR
THISFINANCIAL QUATER.
THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR COOPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
Mr.OLISA BIKO.
( Chief Accountant)
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
MARINA BRANCH LAGOS.
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