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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: "shaibu rimi" <rimi.shb18@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: shibu_rimi@myway.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:41:18 +0100
Subject: FROM: ALHAJI SHAIBU RIMI
FROM: ALHAJI SHAIBU RIMI
Dear Sir
I am ALHAJI SHAIBU RIMI, the Administrative officer of the
Consignment/Treasury Department of a Security and Finance Company having
offshore payment centers all over the world. Recently, we discovered a
dormant account with a substantial amount of money valued at Forty Five
Million United States Dollars (US$45,000,000.00) that belongs to one of our
numerous customers who died in a motor accident in November 2001.
During the period of our investigation, we discovered that the deceased died
along with his only son and wife, leaving no WILL and nobody behind to come
for the claim asnext of kin. The policy guidelines/law of our firm
stipulates that if such consignment remains unclaimed for Seven years, it
will be forfeited to the firm's treasury as an unclaimed; I cannot stand as
the next of kin to a foreigner.
It is upon thisdiscovery that I as head of this department decided to
contact you to collaborate with me to pull out this dormant consignment. I
am going to give you 30% of the total fund if this proposal meets your
interest. Urgently, reach me through the above stated e-mail to enable me
give you the full details for this transaction and how it is going to work
out. Also include your personal telephone and fax number for easy
communication.
What I want from you is to act as the deceased's next of kin. I have in my
possession (alone) all necessary documents to successfully accomplish this
business. However, it will require that you shall be physically present in
any of our centers to pull out this fund for onward transmission intoyour
bank account. The next of kin must be present in any of our offshore payment
centers to sign out these funds, which take a maximum of three (3) working
days to conclude further information will be given to you as soon as I
receive your positiveresponse via email.
Anticipate your urgent reply.
Regards,
ALHAJI SHAIBU RIMI
Please reply to this email: shaiburimi58@yahoo.com
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