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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: chde03@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:50:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS HIGHLY NEEDED
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: chde05@yahoo.com
- MY DEAR FRIEND. I AM MR.CHRIS DEDE ,THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING IN CROWN BANK PLC ,LAGOS-NIGERIA. WITH DUE RESPECT AND REGARD FOR YOU ,I BRING TO YOU THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION. DURING OUR AUDITING AT THIS LAST AND THIRD QUARTER OF YEAR 2007, WHICH WILL LAST TILL THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR 2008. DURING THIS AUDIT MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS A HUGE SUM OF MONEY BELONGING TO ONE ENGINEER, A FOREIGNER WHO DIED IN YEAR 2000 IN AIR CRASH WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN HIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DORMANT IN THIS BANK WITHOUT ANY CLAIM FROM EITHER HIS FAMILY RELATIONS OR FROM ANY QUARTER BEFORE OUR DISCOVERY OWING TO THE FACT THAT NOBODY KNOWS THAT HE KEPT SUCH AMOUNT THERE. WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAS NO KNOWN NEXT OF KIN TO PUT IN FOR A CLAIM THROUGH THE BANK'S INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATIONS. THE BANKING ACT AND REGULATION MADE PROVISION FOR THE NEXT OF KIN OF ANY DECEASED TO CLAIM HIS/HER!
FUND IN ACCIDENTAL DEATH LIKE PLANE CRASH,MOTOR ACCIDENT OR DEATH ALTHOUGH,I KEPT THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN MYSELF AND TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES TO ENABLE THE WHOLE PLANS AND IDEA BE PROFITABLE AND SUCCESSFUL DURING THE TIME OF EXECUTION. THE SAID AMOUNT IS (USD$25.5 M) TWENTY-FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS). MEANWHILE,ALL ARRANGEMENT TO USE YOUR NAME TO PUT FOR THE CLAIM OVER THIS FUND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED AND GET THE REQUIRED APPROVAL THROUGH A RENOUND ATTORNEY (LAWYER)WHO WILL GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS FOR US AND SUBMIT IT TO THE BANK IN YOUR NAME BEFORE THE MONEY IS TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE. ALL DIRECTIVES NEEDED WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU ON TRUST AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME , AND YOU WILL ALSO BENEFIT IN THIS GREAT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. YOU NEED NOT TO BE BIAS BECAUSE I AM HERE AND KNOWS WHAT IT TAKE TO CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITHOUT DELAY. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ME AND WITH YOUR !
GREAT SUPPORT WE SHALL END THIS TRANSACTION WITHIN (7-14 )WORKING DAYS
. IN FACT I COULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN THIS BANK AS A CIVIL SERVANT,WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, AND IT WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE AN EYEBROW ON MY SIDE,HENCE DURING OUR QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MY TWO COLLEAGUES ASKED ME TO LOOK OUT FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS WITH. IT IS APPARENTLY THAT I NEED A FOREIGN PARTNER TO EXECUTE THIS BUSINESS, WHO WILL FILE IN APPLICATION AS NEXT-OF-KIN OF THE DECEASED AND I COLLABORATE DISCREETLY WITH MY POSITION TO HAVE THE MONEY TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR DESIGNATED ACCOUNT. I WILL USE ANY NAME YOU WILL WISH TO USE AS THE BEBEFICIARY NEXT-OF-KIN .I WILL NOT FAIL TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AS THERE WILL BE KNOW TRACE FOREVER,ON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOUR ENTITLEMENT IS 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION FOR ALL YOUR ASSISTANCE PUT TOGETHER TO SEE THAT WE CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION, WHILE 10% HAS BEEN SET ASIDE T!
O REIMBURSE EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO TELEPHONE BILLS ETC,WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY PARTNERS (COLLEAGUES). PLEASE YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP TOP SECRET OR CONFIDENCIALITY OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE ARE STILL IN SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH YOU. I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THE BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT. AND ASK US TO COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. FOLLOW WITH FURTHER INVESTMENT, EITHER IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY YOU ADVISE US TO INVEST. AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE MR.CHRIS DEDE
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