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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "UNION BANK PLC" <unionbankplcofficemail1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:04:20 -0800
Subject: Attention: Sir/Madam, your's response is needed.
*Mr. Paul Ralph Manager Internal Audit/- Foreign Remittance Dept,
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc,
Victoria Island, Lagos. * **
*Attention: Sir/Madam, *
**
*I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database in the
Internet, my name is Mr. Paul Ralph' An account officer to late Mr. Morris
Thompson from America who is an oil merchant Agent here in Nigeria, a well
known Philanthropist before he died, he made a Will stating that
$13.2M(Thirteen million, two hundred thousand U.S. dollars only) should be
given to an citizen of our choice overseas. *
**
* I have made a random draw and your e-mail address was picked as the
beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this
money from the Bank because they have issued a notice instructing me been
the account officer to produce the beneficiary of this Will within two
weeks or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per
law here. *
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* It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of my late client Mr. Morris
Thompson since he is no more alive, both wife Thelma Thompson, and daughter
Sheryl Thompson. *
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* Please for more details concerning him and how he died, you can visit
this website: **www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/*<http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>
* If you are interested, you are required to contact me immediately with
your Name and Telephone number to start the documentation process with the
help of a legal practitioner. *
* I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind
that the Bank has given us a date limit, Please act fast. *
*Contact me through my private E-mail :
(**unionbankplcofficedept@gmail.com*<unionbankplcofficedept@gmail.com>
*) *
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* I await your urgent response. *
**
* Mr. Paul Ralph
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.*
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