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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: "adams kofi" <akofi1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: a1kofi@islamabad.net
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:13:11 +0000
Subject: From the desk of Mr Adams Kofi,
From the desk of Mr Adams Kofi,
manager, credit and foreign bills
of Islamic Development Bank.
1214 rue boulevard Cotonou.
E-mail: a4kofi@parsimail.com
Dear friend,
I have the pleasure to make this surprising but mutually benefiting business
proposal. It is indeed my pleasure to write to you this letter, which I
believe will be a suprise, as we are both complete strangers. I am Mr Adams
Kofi, the manager, credit and foreign bills of Islamic Development Bank. I
am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number
4401992100021 who was involved in Tsunami victim on decemeber 2004 which
claimed lives of peoples. Since we got information about his death, we have
been expecting his next of kin or relatives 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. On this
note, I decided to seek your concent as whom his name shall be used as the
next of kin since no one has come up as his relation.
I am contacting you because you have the same surname name with the deceased
which is a laid down procedure in the financial institution for a situation
like this and it is a basic requirement for you to successfully claim the
funds.
What bothers me most is that according to the LAW of my country, after two
(2) years expiration this funds will revert to the ownership of this country
if nobody applies to claim the funds.
So, since I am the only person to decided who is his next of kin I seek your
concent to present you since you have the requirement needed for making the
claim.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send to you the application form
and the bank's contact and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring
to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not
entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized
within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the
deceased. When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying
your decision. Including your private Tel/Fax numbers
for quick communication. I will be very happy if you can treat this business
with the utmost secrecy it demands because of my position in this bank.
Hoping for a very successful business relationship with you.
Respectfully submitted,
Mr Adams Kofi,
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