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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: "Mr Andy Smith" <mrandysmith44@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:49:02 +0000
Subject: urgent response
FROM THE DESK OF:
MR.ANDY SMITH
No 10 AMADU BELLO WAYS
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS, NIGERIA
Private email;mrandy204@myway.com
Good day!
Dear Friend
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail
meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might
seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past,
I humbly ask that you take due consideration of Its importance and immense
benefit. I must apologize to you for using this medium to communicate to you
about this project. I am sorry if this letter comes to you as an
embarrassment but be rest assured that your particulars of contact was given
to me by a good friend of mine who work with the Nigeria champers of
commerce, for reliable and capable foreigner that will handle Confidentially
a transfer of huge sum of money, from Union Bank of Nigeria plc, to a
foreign bank account.
I am Mr. Andy Smith an African born Nigerian citizen and accountant officer
to Late Mr. Sunny Zhong a foreign nationality, who was a contractor with
JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA PLC. On 19th August 2002, our late customer Late Mr.
Sunny Zhong was involved in a ghastly motor accident with his family
northwards to Leeds during which he lost his life with his wife and two
Children. Unfortunately, since we got the information about his sudden death
and the ugly incident that occurred, the management of my bank made several
enquiries on Locating any of his extended relatives who can stand as his
Next of Kin to inherit an estate he left behind in our custody but all these
several efforts also proved unsuccessful and yielded no Results. As the
Manager of the bank, I also made concerted efforts aimed at locating a
possible Next of Kin to my deceased client.
What I actually want to do is to present you to my bank as a Next of Kin to
the deceased Client Of mine to enable us place claims on a total sum of
(US$18.500.000.00), he deposited in my good bank for safe keeping before his
untimely death.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the stated sum he left behind
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. This
intension becomes very urgent due to the fact that the banking laws and
policy here in Nigeria stipulates and provides that if such funds remains
unclaimed after five years, that the Bank is legally empowered to freeze
such accounts and the fund transferred into the Federal Reserve Account as
unclaimed Fund.
Recently the Union Bank Nigeria Plc issued a notice of confiscation, as the
account had remained unserviceable since 2002, I was subsequently given a
mandate of 21 official Banking days to produce a Next of Kin to the deceased
or consider the Account frozen. Due to time constrain and the fact that I
was unsuccessful in locating any relative to my Client,
I then wish to seek your Consent to present you as the Next of kin to the
deceased client of mine. So that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$18.500.000.00 can be released through you for our general benefit instead
of allowing his sweat get lost in the Bank Be informed hat I have in my
possession all necessary information that we shall require to back-up our
claims.
I shall furnish you with further details as soon as you have indicated your
interest to render the
Desired assistance.
Bear in mine that 50% of the fund is for me while 40% is for you and 10% is
for tax and other things that will come up doing the transaction. You are
urgently required to send to me.
1) Your Full Name and Address
2) Your telephone and fax number
All these will enable me fill in your names to the bank. You can contact me
on my private email address stated as enable us commence actions on this
deal instantly.
Your genuine honest cooperation is required to enable us achieve this
purpose; I guarantee that the entire transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangements
Await your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Andy Smith
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