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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: "adeniran aderogba" <adeniranaderogba1@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:48:58 +0000
Subject: Waiting for your urgent response.
FIRST ATLANTIC BANK PLC
4/6 Adetokunbo Ademola Street
P. O. Box 75369,Victoria Island, Lagos-Nigeria.
Website: www.firstatlanticbanks.com
Dear Friend,
My name is Adeniran Aderogba, I am Executive Director, Investment Banking &
Treasury of FIRST ATLANTIC BANK PLC.
I am writing you this letter in regard of a foreign client, I wish to bring
to your hearing a business proposal of which will make anyone worried and
apprehensive but I am assuring you not to be afraid, as all will be well at
the end of this endeavor. I do beg your pardon to accept my unsolicited
email to you since we have not had any dealings with each other
before this business is genuine and is 100% risk free.
We discovered an unclaimed sum of USD$28.5m(Twenty Eight Million Five
Hundred
Thousand United States Dollar) in an account belonging to one of our
international customers,who died in a plane crash with his wife on the 6th
of
May, 2002 in a Local Plane Crash at Kano State, which en route from sokoto
to
Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria), all occupants in the Plane lost their
lives, unfortunately on this same flight were other dignitaries like the
former
Nigeria Sports Minister and a host of others.
The following websites could be referenced:
http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm
Since we got information about his death we have been expecting his next of
kin
to come over and claim his money.
Unfortunately, neither the family nor the relation has appeared to claim
this
money. We cannot release this money unless somebody applies as the next of
kin
or relation to the deceased.
Our banking guidelines indicated that if such money remained unclaimed for a
period of Six (6) years, it would be transferred into the FIRST ATLANTIC
BANK
Treasury as unclaimed fund.
Another officer and I in the department now decided to transfer this money
into
your account as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for easy
collection
to you as the next of kin. nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money
to go back into the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.
All I need is your full maximum support and cooperation to enable us achieve
this transaction within 15 days and I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.
Please, If you are interested in this transaction, kindly send me your full
name, address, private telephone and fax numbers to enable us commence all
the
legal documents immediately.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Kindest regards,
Mr. Adeniran Aderogba.
Executive Director
Investment Banking & Treasury.
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