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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: "larry ed" <larry1@mawdesley.co.uk>
Reply-To: larryedward33@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:25:10 +0000
Subject: Thanks with great regards.
From the Desk of:
MR. LARRY EDWARDS
With great pleasure I, MR. LARRY EDWARDS an accountant of a Bank, I am writing you in respect of a foreign customer a consultant/ with my Government, The Foreign Costumer who’s name I shall declare as soon as you indicate your interest made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at S$20,500,000.00 (Twenty Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that he is no more. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. Also, he did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$20,500,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
Since the demise of this our customer, I have personally watched the account with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim
his FIXED DEPOSIT fund of USD.$20.5million, [Twenty Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars] which has been with my branch for a very long time. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir. Hence I have decided to seek your co-operation in this business deal due to the sensitivity of this transaction. It may interest you to know that I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local Bank account here, but can only be approved to a foreigner with an account since the money is in US Dollars. I have decided as a matter of urgency upon this discovery now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased as No one has ever come forward to claim this fund. In accordance to Nigerian Law, fund deposited for a long period of time without claim will be reverted to the Nigerian Government treasury if nobody applies to claim this fund after a long period of time. I want
you to co-operate with me I have secured from the probate an Order of Madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Hence I am contacting you with this proposal.
We shall employ the services of two Attorneys for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. The Bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. I have resolved to finalize this transaction with some money to secure documents in your name as the legal beneficiary of this fund $20.5m which guarantees our safety and successful transfer. With the above suggestion, it is reliable, safe and quick for transfer process.
Percentage and terms shall be discussed and agreed by the two of us before any proceed on this project. Your response is highly imperative as this is a TWO-man business deal transaction as I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. I need your assistance and co-operation to this reality .All the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney You have absolutely nothing to LOSE in assisting me instead, you have so much to GAIN. Be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable and 100 % risk free for both of us in as mush as you will keep it very confidential.
I will appreciate your early reply for commencement of business. Contact me for acknowledgement by E-mail and whereby you are not interested; please indicate in your reply so that I can seek for the assistance of someone else. Thanks for your expected co-operation and treat ASAP, as your utmost Trust, Honesty and Confidentiality will be highly appreciated in this business deal.
Thanks with great regards.
MR. Larry Edwards.
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