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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: "Awad Alagab" <awed04@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:47:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED
FROM THE DESK OF MR AWED ALAGAB
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA.
DEAR FRIEND,
I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise,I got your contact
address from the internet while I was searching for somebody that has
similar name with our deaceased customer.
I am the manager of bill and exchange BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)at foreign
remittance department . There is a business I would want you to champion
for me.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of ($31.500.000 U.S)
thirty one million five hundred thousands US dollars) . In an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family
in 31 july 2000 in a plane crash. Since we got information about his death,
we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money
because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin
or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, but
unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin's or relation died
along side with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release
the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety
and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we dont want
this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill. The Banking law
and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclamed after
five years, the money will be transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed
fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 20 % of this money will be for you
as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account,
10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 70 %
would be for me and my colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will
visit your country for disbursement accoding to the percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where in the money will be remitted.All modalities of this transaction have
been carefully worked out and once started will not take more than
fourteen(14) working days, with your full support. this transaction is 100%
risk free.it involve no any inplication and no any precaution there after.
Upon
receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the
application.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer . You should contact me
immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
AWED ALAGAB
Bill and exchange manager,
BANK OF AFRICA(B.O.A)
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