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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: "alex zikko" <alexzikko@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:40:08 -0700
Subject: In my position
Dear Sir,
Greetings.
In order to transfer out (USD 126 MILLION) One Hundred
and Twenty Six Million United States Dollars) from
ECO BANK , I have the courage to ask for your assistance
to handle this important and confidential business believing
that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr.Alexander Zikko , the MANAGER of ECO BANK ASSISTED
GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN (COTONOU)REPUBLIC OF BENIN. There is an unclaimed
ECO BANK assisted contract
money in ECO BANK since 1998. After going through some old
files in the records, I discovered that if I do not
claim and effect remittance of this money out
urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner
or beneficiary of the contract sum is Mr. SMITH
B.ANDREAS, a foreigner, and a miner at KRUGER GOLD
CO., a geologist by profession and he died in 1998. No
other person knows about this money or anything
concerning it because MR ANDREAS executed the
contracts personally for ECO BANK assisted projects in
BENIN REPUBLIC. Mr ANDREAS has no other beneficiary
or next of kin.
My investigation proved to me as well that the company
- KRUGER GOLD CO does not know anything about this
contract sum ($126 million). I want to first transfer
[USD26M] Twenty-Six Million United States Dollars from
this money into a safe foreigner's account abroad
before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner. I am
only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only
be approved to any foreign account because the money
is in US Dollars and the former owner Mr. Smith B.
Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message
will come to you as a surprise as we have not met
before but be assured that it is real and a
genuine-risk free business.
I only got your contact address from my secretary - a
computer operator with belief in God that you will
never let me down in this business. You are the only
person that I have contacted. Please reply urgently so
that I will inform you the next step to take. Send
also your private telephone and fax numbers including
the full details of the account to be used for the
transfer. I want us to meet to face to face binding agreement
so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or
any safe account of your choice. I will fly to your country
for withdrawals,sharing and other investments.
NB: I am contacting you because of the need to involve
a foreigner with foreign account and as a foreign
beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine because the management of ECO BANK is ready
to approve this payment to any foreigner who has
correct information of this contract sum which I will
give to you immediately if you are able and capable of
handling such amount in strict confidence, trust and
according to my instructions/ advice for our mutual
benefit. This is because this opportunity will never
come again in my life. I need truthful person in this
business because I don't want to make mistakes. I need
your strong assurance and trust. With my position now
in the office I can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide
with assurance that this money will be intact pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing.
I will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to
any place. You can also come to discuss with me face
to face after which I will make the remittance in your
presence and two of us will fly to your country - at
least two days ahead of the money going into your
account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately
I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive
this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance forms from the Ministries and
Foreign Exchange Departments. At the conclusion of
this business, you will receive 35% of the total
amount as commission, 60% will be for me while 5% will
be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the transfers. I look forward to your urgent
reponse.
Yours Truly,
Mr.Alexander Zikko(Reply me on; alexzikko55@alex4all.com )
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