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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: "union bank" <unionbank_10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: unionbank4040@myway.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:52:34 -0900
Subject: RE: PAYMENT ON ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$4.2,M
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
36 BROAD STREET, MARINA LAGOS. NIGERIA.
TELEGRAM: UNION BROAD BRANCH
BIG, STRONG, RELIABLE
Tel: 234-8033975336
OUR REF: UBN/435/xo/025
SIR
RE: PAYMENT ON ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$4.2,M
This is to officially inform you that the sum of US$4.2,million has been
accrued as interest on your contract sum that was deposited into our bank by
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) before the principal sum
was withdrawn by our Apex bank i.e. Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to pay some
of our local contractors. Now we are ready to pay you this fund by
International Certified Bank Draft payable in all International Banks
including your own bank.
For your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this Draft
because from time to time the C.B.N auditors do come to our bank to
cross-check our files and our financial update, the earlier you comply with
the demands of the delivery of the fund, the faster the action, because the
CBN officials wants the accrued interest to be paid to them but we refused
and reported them to the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission
who have now given us the instruction and mandate to pay you this fund. So
you have to do your best to claim this fund as quickly as possible because
when they find out that this interest fund is still in our bank they will
want to call back the money to the Federal Government treasury.
What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example;
your international passport or you’re drivers license, then your direct
telephone, Fax numbers and email address for easy communication with your
mailing address where this Draft will be delivered to you.
As a matter of fact we don’t have enough time to waste since we have wasted
time in contacting you since this incident occurred. So try and comply with
the entire necessary requirement for the dispatch of this Draft to your
confidential address.
Contact me as soon as possible
Expecting your immediately response.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr John Eze
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