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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: "AMADI AMADI" <amadi_03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: amadi1@indiatimes.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:46:44 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED
AMADI E AMADI,
Zennith Bank Ltd,
Lagos,Nigeria,
Tele:234-8032160618
Altanetive email address(amadi2@indiatimes.com)
Dear FRIEND,
I am Mr.AMADI E AMADI,Bank Manager of Zennith Bank,Lagos,Nigeria.I have
urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.On June 6,year
2002, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, Mr.Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit
for twelve calendar months, valued at S$29,500,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million
Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) 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 from his contract
employers, the Nigerian National petroleum corporation that Mr.Barry Kelly
died from an automobile accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly 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$29,500,000.00 has carefully
been moved out of my bank to a security company for safe-keeping. No one
will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Law,at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my
proposal is that I will like you as an Foreigner to stand in as the owner of
the money I deposited in a security company in trunk boxe , though the
security company does not know the contents of the boxe as I tagged them to
be photographic materials for export.
I am writing you because I as a public servant can not operate a foreign
account or have an account that is more than $1m.I want to present you as
the owner of the boxe in the security company so you can be able to claim
them with the help of my attorney.All these are to make sure that the fruits
of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately
your full names and address so that i will prepare the necessary documents
which will put you in place as the owner of the boxe. The money will be out
for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 25% for you and 5% will take
care of all expenses.
There is no risk at all, as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and this will guarantee the successful execution of
this transaction.If you are interested, please reply immediately via through
my altanetive email address (amadi2@indiatimes.com).upon your response, I
shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will
help you understand the transaction.
Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require
your assistance to invest my share in your country.Please do reply me
through my altanetive address (amadi2@indiatimes.com).
Thanks and regards.
Mr.AMADI E AMADI
Tele:234-8032160618
(amadi2@indiatimes.com)
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