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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: "idris usman" <idrisusman@rediffmail.com>
Date: 27 Oct 2006 09:09:55 -0000
Subject: DR IDRIS USMAN
DR IDRIS USMANCREDIT AND ACCOUNT DEPT.CITI TRUST BANK NIG PLCCORPORATE HEADQUATERS 12 MOLAR STREET,VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS NIGERIA TELEPHONE +234-234-8027458028 GOOD DAY I COME TO YOU WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR OUR LIVES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES GRANTED UNTO US TO BE CONNECTED TODAY FOR A BENEFICIAL BUSINESS THAT WILL ELAST FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION IF ONLY YOU WILL GIVE ME YOUR SURPPORT.MEANWHILE PERMIT ME TO INTRUDUCE MYSELF BELOW. I AM DR IDRIS USMAN, OF CITI TRUST BANK NIG PLC (C.T.B.) AND THE PERSONAL BANK MANAGER TO THE LATE ENG.PATRICK DEAN, (SNR) A NATIONALE OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO USED TO WORK WITH SHELL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HERE IN LAGOS-NIGERIA.ON THE 21ST APRIL,2003, OUR CUSTOMER, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT A!
LONG BENIN-LAGOS EXPRESS WAY. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES.SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF HIS IMMEDIATE RELATIVES THIS HAS ALSO PROVED ABORTIVE. AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO TRACK YOUR NAME OVER THE INTERNET, TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I CONTACTED YOU. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN CLAIMING THE MONEY AND PROPERTIES LEFT BEHIND BY OUR CUSTOMER BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY OUR BANK WHERE HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF TWELVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITIED STATES DOLLARS. IN OUR COUNTRY THE BANKING RULES AND GUIDELINES STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAIMED FOR OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS AND FEW ONTHS, WITH THE ACCOUNT UNSERVICEABLE (DORMANT) THE MONEY WILL BE CONFISCATED AND THIS WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE NEXT 21 DAYS IF NOBODY COMES FOR THE MONEY AND SINCE WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY FOR THE MONEY AND HIS PROPERTY FOR !
THE LAST THREE YEARS AND OUR BANK HAS BEEN NOTIFYING THE ROTARY CLUBS
FOR THE PAST ONE YEAR NOW SO I CONTACTED YOU TO APPLY. THEREFORE, I SEEK YOUR CONSCENT TO PRESENT YOURSELF AS THE \"NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED SINCE I HAVE CONTACT YOU I WILL FORWARD ALL THE INFOMATION FOR THE CLAIMS,THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT US12.5 MILLION DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN YOU AND I CAN HARE THE MONEY ACCORDING TO THE AGREED PERCENTAGES. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU AND I FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. DO CALL ME NOW +234-8027458028 UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR RESPONSE I WILL DETAIL YOU ON THE MODALITIES THROUGH WHICH WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS CLAIMS. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. REMAIN BLESSED MY REGARDS,DR IDRIS USMAN ACCOUNT MANAGER CITI TRUST BANK NIG PLC (C.T.B.) PRIVATE NUMBER+234-8027458028
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