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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: "billy duke" <ruthlampoda_2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:58:31 -0500
Subject: A BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Good Morning
I got your contact from the Internet in my search for a reputable and
trust worthy person/Company, who can stand confidently with me in this
successful business arrangement. Before I proceed, I am, the Auditor General
of a Government Accredited Oil Company here in Nigeria. Certainly, the
prompting of this letter to you is anchored on my strong desire to solicit
your
sincere understanding and co-operation in this transaction that would
certainly boost the financial stand of both parties involved when completed.
As a matter of fact, We want to transfer to overseas (US$ 152,000.000.00
USD) One hundred and Fifty two million United States Dollars) from the Oil
company's operating Bank account here in Africa,I want you to quietly look
for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide
either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank A/C immediately to
receive this money, even an empty account can serve to receive this money,
as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important
transaction, trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in the near future.
In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating
fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the bank in 1990
and since then, nobody has operated on this account
again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that
the money in the account was mapped out for the refurbishment of the Oil
Company's Machineries. Meanwhile, Mr. Magnus Leon, the President of the Oil
Company was the only signatory to the account, but unfortunately he died
after a brief illness in 1993. And no other person knows about this account
or any thing concerning it, and the account has no other beneficiary. And my
investigation proved to me that Mr. Magnus Leon, until his death had wanted
to siphoned that money into his personal account in New York hence he did
not disclose the operating devises of the account to the Board of Trustees.
I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you are a
foreigner because, this money can only be approved to any foreigner who can
present all documents that will prove that he/she is the Next of
Kin/Beneficiary to the account base on the fact that Mr. Magnus Leon the
owner of this account is a foreigner, and the money can only be approved
into a foreign bank account.
Therefore, if you are capable of handling this transaction with me, lets
make the necessary arrangement for the hitch-free transfer of this money to
any safe bank account that you may nominate, on a share percentage bases.We
will start the first transfer with Fifty Two Million USD [$152,000.000] upon
the successful actualization of the first transfer, without any
disappointment from your side; we shall re-apply for the payment of the
remaining amount, to your account.
However, we shall sign a binding agreement, to bind us together as partners
in this regard.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently and indicate your
sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the modalities already mapped
out for the hitch-free transfer of the money out of Africa here.
Upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and
Willing to work with me I shall commence actions immediately to process the
payment of the money in your favor as the beneficiary.
I look forward to hearing from you .
Yours Faithfully ,
Mr.Billy Duke
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