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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: "Okolo Emaka" <emakaokolo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: emekusokolo@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:18:54 -0600
Subject: GOOD DAY
FROM THE DESK OF,MR EMEKUS OKOLO
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO
DEAR SIR,
RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$45.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE
OF IT'S NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW
THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY ONE APPREHENSIVE AND
WORRIED.BUT IAM 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 EMEKUS OKOLO, ACCOUNTANT WITH THE ZENITH INTERNATIONAL 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 DEATHTHREE YEARS AGO IN A GHASTLY AIR CRASH IN AN EGYPT
AIR, FLIGHT 990 WHICH OCCURED ON 2ND NOVEMBER 1999,BANKED WITH US HERE AT
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL LAGOS AND HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE OF US$45.5M(FOURTY
FIVE 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 WARMART BANK PLC.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 RELESED OF ARMS AND AMMUNITON
TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.
IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS CRUDE ANEGATIVE 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 FUNDUS$45.5M 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 THEIR 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, IAM 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 AND DILIGENCE.(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 ALREADY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THIS
FINANCIAL QUATER.IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALRIGHT BY YOU,THEN KINDLY GET TO ME
IMMEDIATELY THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR COOPERATION.YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR. EMEKUS OKOLO
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL LAGOS
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