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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: "douglasmalik@ommail.com" <douglasmalik20005@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:31:07 -1200
Subject: Partnership
MR DOUGLAS MALIK
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT
CREDIT BANK BENIN
COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC
WEST AFRICA.
TEL- +229-88-98-16.
Dear friend,
I am Mr Douglas Malik the director in charge of auditing and
accounting section of Credit Bank Benin republic in West
Africa with due respect and regard. I have decided to
contact you on a business transaction that will be very
beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my
department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to
a deceased person who died on 30th january 2000 on Kenya
Airways with aircraft Airbus 310-304 at location Abidjan,
Ivory Coast, with registration number 5Y-BEN while
travelling with his entire family, his wife, two children
and a maid on a festive visit to Abidjan and since his
untimely death the funds has been dormant in his account
with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody
either from his family or relation before our discovery to
this development.
Although personally, I kept this information secret within
myself and partners to enable the whole plans and idea be
Profitable and successful during the time of execution. The
said amount was
USD$24.1M (twenty four Million one Hundred Thousand united
states dollars).
As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive
information through my good friend who works with chamber of
commerce on foreign business relations here in
Cotonou-Benin, it is him who recommended your person to me
to be viable and capable to champion a business of such
magnitude without any problem.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this
fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased and get the
required approval and transfer this money to a foreign
account has been put in place, all directives and needed
information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate
your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit
yourself to this great business opportunity.
In fact i could have done this deal alone but because of my
position in this country as a civil servant, we are not
allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually
raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer
because i work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party
or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to the
Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need
the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may
be after due verification and clarification by the
correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will
be remitted from to your own designated bank account.
May i at this point emphasize that this transaction is100%
risk free as i have made all arrangements for a successful
transaction as an insider of the bank before contacting you.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will
beentitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification,while
10% will be set aside to take care of any expenses that may
arise during the time of transfer like telephone bills, fax
and our travel tickets to come over to your country for the
sharing of the fund while 60% will be for me and my
partners.
Please you have been advised to keep this a top secretas 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 this 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 percentages previously indicated and
further investment either in your country or any country you
will advice us to invest in.
All other necessary information will be sent to you on your
acceptance
to champion this transaction with me.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Douglas Malik
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