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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: "Tunde Ade" <tunde_ade407@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:36:18 +0000
Subject: READ AND REPLY IMMEDIATELY
--Attn: Dear
I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of my mail but it was borne out of desperation and current development. Would you please accept my apologies? I am Mr. Tunde Ade, a branch manager with Eco Bank Plc, Tin Can Island branch Lagos, Nigeria. I have an urgent and very profitable business proposal for you that should be handled with extreme confidentiality.
In November,2001, a foreign oil consultant and contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. David Khan by name made a numbered time (Fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$8.5m (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification in accordance with the bank policy to his forwarding address but got no reply and after a month we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employer, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that Mr. David Khan died in an auto crash.
On further investigation we found out that he died in testate, i.e., without a written Will and surprisingly, from the information available at the bank, Mr. David Khan did not even declare any "Next of Kin" in all his official documents including his bank deposit documents. From all indications, no one will ever come forward to claim these funds and according to Nigerian law, at the expiration of 5years the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian government if no one applies to claim the fund.
In order to avoid this, I decided to solicit for your permission to have you stands as a distant relative to Mr. David Khan so that the funds would be released to you. All the documents and proofs to enable you get these funds will be carefully worked out. Further, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from the breach of the law as all modalities have been perfected to ensure a hitch free transaction.
If you are interested in this offer, 30% (percent) will be given to you for your kind assistance, while 10% will set aside for miscellaneous expenses. On receipt of your reply, I will indicate to you how I intend to actualize the project.
Finally, even if the answer is in the negative, could you please respond so that I will know you received it?
Regards,
Tunde Ade
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