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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: "Alhaji Bello Usman" <bellous@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:29:28 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT CO-OPERATION
FROM: ALHAJI BELLO USMAN .
NATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK.
ACCRA GHANA
Tel- +233-244-986239
Greetings
Good day to you. I may have to trouble your sense of personal achievement andreward for an opportunity properly taken
advantage of.
I work for National Investment Bank (NIB) here in Accra, Ghana . I am Alhaji Bello Usman , a Manager and one of my
biggest customers was Isam Mattar, a Lebanese, now deceased. He had a fixed time deposit with my Bank, which has
matured and remains unclaimed till now. It runs into the value of $26 Million United States Dollars.
I knew him so well since he was one of my most performing accounts. However the account-opening package of
Isam Mattar does not contain any next of kin and neither has it been possible to trace any relative of Isam Mattar.
My personal know of Isam Mattar and experience in the banking industry reveals that such monies remain recycling in
the monies of the bank until finally they may be dissipated as unclaimed funds.
A colleague of mine who works in the Legal Department, and particularly inthe Inheritance Unit has agreed with me that
I clandestinely look for someone whowill assist us to have the money legally claimed and moved out of our bankfor our joint
purpose. We are in house members and have put in place effective measure to ensure that this works out smoothly.
We need you to front as thebeneficiary of the estate of Isam Mattar. This is simple and will be done at our end.
We will employ the services of an external solicitor to help prepareletters of probate which in your favour as the beneficiary of
Isam’sinvestment. This will be registered in our country’s High Court Probate Division and then forwarded to our Bank and
you will thus be given access to the money as the owner.This is sure as we have put in measures to ensure that this works
without any hitch. Assurances are given you to this effect; we have our job to protectand cannot afford to fail.
When you have safely secured same and moved the money to your givenaccount we shall then meet and have the booty
shared. We have decided that your share shall be 30% while we shall take home 35% each. Kindly take note of this to avoid
ant future dispute on how to distribute the facility among us. I think this is anopen show of magnanimity, we have given too
much concession and will not go a single Dollar beyond this.
If you are capable of putting your time and efforts towards the actualization of this, kindly reach me and let us work together
to get this achieved. Be sure to reach me on my on 00233 244 986239 and personal emailbox b_usman@ureach.com
Please have every second thought and be sure if you are interested before you contact me, don’t just contact me because
of the amount involved but please only do so if you know you are genuinely interested and will give it the required
commitment for the good of us all.
Have a very wonderful day.
Yours truly,
Alhaji Bello Usman
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