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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: Claudia McVeigh <ssn02@live.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:26:56 -0400
Subject: Dear Friend,
Dear Friend,I am Mr Frank Afobi branch Manager of a Bank inLagos Nigeria.I am contacting you to assist in theclaim of some outstanding sum of money which wasleft by one of my very good clients who died in aAF4590 plane crash on his way to America after heleft Nigeria to Germany for business.This client Christian Eich was an engineer with oneof the foremost construction firms here in Nigeria.He left no known next of kin and all our attempts totrace someone related to him to whom we could paythe money proved abortive. I have now personallydecided to contact you to stand on behalf of thefamily so I can present you as his next of kin usingmy influence as a Manager of this bank.The amount involved is USD11 million (Eleven millionUnited States Dollars) which is the accountbalance.You can view the website for more details onthe death of the mancontacted you because it is against our code ofethics to own and operate a foreign accounts andyour assistance would be needed to claim the money.I have agreed that 30% of the entire sum would befor you if you agree to take part in this profitabletransaction, 65% for me while the remaining 5% wouldbe used to pay back the expenses that may beincurred during the course of the transaction byboth parties after the fund has been claimed as thenext of kin.You should send me the following information'sthrough my private email address: afrank2009@aim.com1. FULL NAMES.
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
3. AGE.
4. OCCUPATION.
5. PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER.
6. FAX NUMBER (if any)
7. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
Upon the receipt of the above information I shallsend you more details.I look forward to hearing from you.Yours faithfully,Mr. Frank Afobi.
+2347035825518
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