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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: "HARRY LAWSON" <foreignremittandept@btcibank.net>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 10:36:04 +0000
Subject: good day sir
FROM:MR. VINCENT THAMOS,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE TOGOLAISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE,
(BTCI)LOME- TOGO
Attn: CEO
Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Vincent, from the western part of TOGO LOME working with the above
bank. I will want to seek your assistance after my discovery during
auditing in this bank, after getting your contact via the web intelligent
directory then, I as the head of Auditing department discovered an abandoned
sum in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died
along with his entire family in 31 October,1999 in a plane crash.
Since we got this information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of Kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it
unless somebody applies for it as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking and financial policies but unfortunately we learnt
that his supposed next of kin or relation died
along side with him in the crash leaving no body behind to claim the money.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and decided as the head of this
department to make this business 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 don't want this money to
go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed bills.Do not view this as been
illegal but to help people like us that have no hope in life instead of the
bank converting this much money to the security funds of the bank because if
you dont assist us the bank will lay hold on this money.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after long period, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.The total sum in question is:US$14 million US
dollars (FOURTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)The request for a foreigner
as next of kin
in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and an indegine cannot stand as next of kin to the deceased family and
moreover we as bankers are not allowed by law to operate foreign accounts.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged
into your account, there are certain banking protocols to be followed in
which i am very ready to furnish you with details and guide you accordingly.
However, note that this business is 100% risk free, and i am prepared to
offer you 35% for your assistance in this business, 60% for me and 5% for
transfer expence to tranfer the fund into your account. The following
website shows the extent of my discovery in which i saw the deceased name
and families included and the next of kin dying along with everyone, hence
leaving no next of kin.
Hence, i am waiting for your response in this respect for us to proceed
while i give you ALL neccessary details,
accordingly.
Your partner and friend,
Mr. Vincent.
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