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Fraud email example:
From: "graceseko" <graceseko@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:20:46 -0600
Subject: HOW ARE YOU TODAY
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
WITH DUE RESPECT AND CONFIDENTIALITY, I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE THROUGH THIS LETTER, REGARDING A BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH I KNOW YOU WILL BE SURPRISE TO RECEIVE SUCH LETTER,I APPOLOGISE FOR ENROACH INTO YOUR PRIVACY.
MY NAME IS MRS. GRACE SEKO, MANAGER ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK HERE IN NIGERIA.HOWEVER, THERE IS THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FROM MY BANK, WHICH I WILL LIKE YOU AND ME TO UTILIZE. MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS AN ACCOUNT IN MY BANK,WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS NOW, AND THIS ACCOUNT HAS A
HUGE AMOUNT OF FUND FLOATING IN IT = USD$18.6M (EIGHTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS). AS THE HEAD OF THIS DEPARTMENT, I HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THIS ACCOUNT, AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS ACCOUNT IS BEEN OWNED BY ONE OF THOSE FOREIGNERS THAT LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WAS BANKING WITH OUR BANK,
FURTHERMORE INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THIS ACCOUNT OWNER DIED SINCE OCT.2000 , THEREBY MAKING THIS HIS ACCOUNT WITH OUR BANK DORMANT TILL DATE. HAVING DISCOVERED THIS ACCOUNT, NO BODY IN MY BANK KNOWS THE LOCATION OF THIS OUR LATE CUSTOMER'S NEXT OF KIN OF RELATIVES, FOR THIS FUND TO BE TRANSFERRED/REPARTRIATE BACK TO THEM.
PRESENTLY, THIS BANK MANDATED ME TO ENSURE WITHIN 7WORKING DAYS TO SOURCE OUT THE LOCATION OF THIS MAN?S NEXT OF KIN, THUS I CONTACTED YOU. I MUST TELL YOU, THIS IS THEGREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND YOU TO MAKE IT ALL THE REST OF OUR LIVES, IF WE AGREED TO WORK TOGETHER IN THIS BUSINESS AS ONE PARTNER AND WITH ONE MIND, RIGHT NOW ALL I AM PROPOSING IS TO PRESENT YOU TO MY BANK AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT OF KIN, SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU GUIDE LINES ON HOW TO PUT CLAIM ON THIS FUND (USD$18.6M), WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT, AS YOUR INHERITANCE, AFTER WHICH ME AND YOU WILL SHARE IT AMONG OURSELVES.
YOUR SHOULD NOTE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
1)BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS OUR LATE CUSTOMER IS A FOREIGNER IN THIS COUNTRY, DEFINITELY HIS NEXT OF KIN MUST BE A FOREIGNER AS WELL, THAT IS WHY I AM SOURCING FOR ANY TRUSTED FOREIGN PERSON, WHOM I WILL PRESENT TO THE BANK TO PUT UP CLAIM ON THIS FUND.
2)NOTE AS STAFF OF THIS BANK, I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS BUSINESS ALONE, BUT IT WILL SURELY RAISE AN EYE-BROW ON ME AND MY POSITION IN THIS BANK DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER.
3)I WILL LIKE TO INFORM YOU HERE, THAT WE BANKERS, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNTS, THAT'S WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU TO PUT UP CLAIM ON THIS FUND AND AS WELL PRESENT ACCOUNT WHERE THIS BANK WILL TRANSFER WITH MY GUIDE LINES. NOTE THAT IF YOU FIND INTEREST ON THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, YOU SHOULD RESPOND TO THIS MAIL WITHIN 24HOURS OF RECEIVING IT, SO THAT I WILL RELAY TO YOU ALL THE RELEVANT AND VITAL INFORMATIONS NEEDED IN THIS TRANSACTION TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
4)TO FACILITATE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS BUSINESS, AND TO HELP PROCURE ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BACK YOU UP PUT UP THIS CLAIM, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SEND ME THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS URGENTLY:
1) YOUR FULL NAME
2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
4) YOUR OCCUPATION AND YOUR AGE.
REMEMBER THAT BUSINESS IS SECRET, THEREFORE I WILL OBLIGE YOU TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS IN THE MOST CONFIDENTIAL MANNER. UPON THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL INDICATING YOUR INTEREST FOR THIS BUSINESS, PERCENTAGE AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
NOTE MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WILL LIKE TO EDUCATE AND ADVICE YOU THROUGH THIS MAIL, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAS INDULGED INTO SCAMMATIC MAL-PRACTICES ,WITH A LETTER OF THIS MANNER, THEREBY MAKING YOU WAIVE AWAY YOUR OPPORTUNITY WHEN GOOD COMES, TO THIS EFFECT, I WILL LIKE TO PROVE MYSELF GENUINE AND LEGITIMATE OF THIS BUSINESS, BY SENDING ACROSS TO YOU,(1)MY FAMILY PIC,(2) MY OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD,(3) MY COPY OF INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT. THE MOMENT I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY MAIL INDICATING YOUR CANDID INTEREST TO DO THIS BUSINESS WITH ME. PLEASE BE GUIDED ACCORDINGLY.
LASTLY, PLEASE FOR THE SECURITY OF THIS TRANSACTION AND FOR US TO ACHIEVE OUR SUCCESS, I WILL ADVICE YOU TO REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS: mrsgraceseko4god@backpacker.com
AWAITS YOUR URGENT REPLY TODAY.
BEST REGARDS
MRS GRACE SEKO
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