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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: david_fernandez@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:08:05 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ASSISTANCE?=
FROM:DR.DAVID FERNANDEZ.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA).
COTONOU REP DU BENIN,
WEST AFRICA.
PHONE:- (00229) 20 04 80.
Attn:- DEAR.
URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
How are you my dear? I know you may be surprised to receive this letter,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of bank OF Africa (BOA), I got your contact through the Burkina-Faso Traders
and Business Information services. They assured me of your capability and
reliability to champion this businees opportunity.
In my departmentn i discovered an abandoned sum of TWENTY TWO MILLION THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($22.3m), In an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in
november 1999 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin 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 but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed
next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department
now decided to make this businness 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 dont want this money to
go into the Bank treasuries account as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclamed after Six years, the money will be transfered into the Bank treasuries
account as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner's account.
We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect
to the provision of a foreign account,10% will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business and 60% would be for me and my colleagues.
There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement
accoding to the percentages indicated, Therefore to enable the immediate
trnansfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank
as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your
bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction
is 100% hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as
all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately through my private telephone number 00229-20
04 80 as soon as you receive this letter for more explanetion.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully
Dr.David Fernandez,
Bill and exchange manager
Bank of africa BOA.
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