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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: "mrkenndy okafor" <mrkennedyokafor003@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrkennedyokafor002@gawab.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:30:26 +0000
Subject: Please this needs urgent attention
Dear Sir/Madam
I am an Accountant with Intercontinental Bank Plc,My name is
Mr.kennedyokafor. I am the personal Accountant Manager to (Engineer Michael
) citizen of your country, who used to work with> Chevron Development oil
company in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my client,On the
21st of April 2000, my Client his wife and their three children were
involved in a drastic car accident Along Sagamu/Lagos Express
Road.Unfortunately him and his three kids lost their lives immediately in
the event of the accident, while the wife was taken to the hospital where
she died three days later.Their bodies were kept in the mortuary for five
months in order to carry out proper investigation by the police on how to
locate their surviving relatives. They have all checked all available>
public files and embassies,but all their efforts had> proved abortive.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, no one has been coming for his
account that he deposited with our bank. And due to the banking law and
regulation of 1985 sub section 18d page 103 chapter 11 of the constitution
governing all banking policy in Nigeria, and in accordance to the banking
decree 003 subsection 45 which stated that any deposited fund which remains
unclaimed after the existing period of four years will be confiscated by the
national treasury department
as unclaimed fund. And this has brought too much agitation in our bank
between boards of directors on how to declare this account unserviceable due
to the fact that the deceased has no next of kin. After the meeting held by
the executives of intercontinental bank with the personal attorney to late
Michael on 29th of April 2004,they have all agreed to extend the date to
25th of january 2006.
Consequently have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they Get confiscated or declare
unserviceable by intercontinental bank Plc Where the deceased had an account
Valued at about ($15,345 million us dollars). The bank has issued out a
notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the
next four month. Since no one has been able to locate their relatives for
over 3 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased so that this account valued at ($15,345 million us dollars)can
be paid to you and then you and I Can share the money.All the necessary
documents concerning this claim are with the Bank legal department. All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legal arrangement that will
protect yo u from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my
email if you are will ing to do this.I oblige you to send the following
details below:
Full Name
Address
Occupation
Nationality
Mobile/phone number
Fax
Age
Sex
With these available details I’ll file an application in your name, after
which I’ll send you an official letter of claim for you to send to the bank
via email.
If interested you can reach me back on my email address
Yours Faihtfully,
mrkennedyokafor.
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