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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: "JOHN ADAMS" <johnadams@beehive.org>
Reply-To: danielmusaaa@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:00:54 -0700
Subject: DEAR GET BACK TO ME
The Chief Auditor Incharge,
Standard Trust Bank {STB}.
Lagos Nigeria .
West Africa.
Dear ,
I presumed that all is well with you and your family.Please let this do not
be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from
the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to contact on
this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in
life.Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to
disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.
I am Mr.john adams, THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE UNIT of
our bank and i have had the intent o contact you over this financial
transaction worth the sum of TEN MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLARS
($10,000,000.00 ) for our success.This is an abandoned sum that belongs to
one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family
through plane crash disaster since few years ago.
Meanwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was
arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit
to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and audit of
this year 2008.
Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations
which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the
period of 6 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the
money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund.As an
honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers based on the rules
guildeing our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Nagerian
citizen, you have the absolute authorityto claim the fund hence you are a
foreigner despite your differencesfrom the countryoforiginof the deceased.
So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and
transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF
KIN OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased. as you have the same last name
peter wise with our late customer On the transfer of this fund into your
account,
If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and
confidentiality on his transaction,
contact me and agree that you will not change your mind to cheat or
disappoint me when the fund have getting into your account.Besides you
should not entertain any fear because i am sure of the success as an insider
in the bank ok.
Please reply with the assurance, include your private telephone and fax
numbers necessary for facilitate an easy communication in this transaction.
get back to me so that i will let you know the nextsteptofollowin order to
finalize this transaction immediately. you can get back to me this email
I expect your urgent communication.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.john adams
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