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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: "Dr Thomas Johnson" <swift7@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnson.thomas@melimail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:59:10 +0100
Subject: PERMISSION TO REMIT US$11.183.MILLION.
FROM: DR THOMAS JOHNSON.
ECOBANK BRANCH BUREAU
COTONOU REP DU BENIN.
REP DU BENIN.
TEL. + 229 85 32 90.
Reply to: Reply to: johnson.thomas@melimail.com
Dearest friend,
I am DR THOMAS JOHNSON, Auditor, with Accounting department,Ecobank here in Cotonou, Benin Republic. I got your very good name and e-mail address from the online classified on the net.I have decided to contact you purely on the personal conviction of trust and cofidence that we can co-operate with one another and do a very lucrative business for our mutual benefit.
I want to assure you straight away that this transaction is 100%risk/hitch free why because before we contacted you we have perfected strategies that will guarantee a smooth and hitch free transaction principllay because of our positions in this bank. This money has been lying in this bank after the death of the owner Mohammed Saleh Ibrahim who is a foreigner here in this country republic of benin and unfortunately the customer died with his wife and only child in the airways flight mishap and since then all efforts to get across to his relatives profed abortive and since then this money has been in a dormant account.
Now because of our positions in this bank with me as the cordinator , my colleaque and i have decided to use our positions to present you reliable and competent foreigner as the next of kin and partner to the deceased who should be paid $11,183.000.00.We will use a lawyer whom we have contracted and of course our positions to submit an application of claim to the management of this bank and because of my colleaques are among the top management of this bank we shall surely influence the management to issue approvals that you whom we have forwarded as the next of kin to the deceased should be paid. The lawyer after submitting the necessary application of claim will have to go to the high court here and swear an affidavit of laim/authenticity on your behalf which he will submit to the bank and this is in accordance to our domestic laws here to ensure that the whole transaction is giving all the legality that is required and a copy of this affidavit will be sent to!
you and i shall also send to you the fixed deposit ertificate which ecobank issued to the deceased when he fixed this money in this bank.
Once this approval for payment is granted this money will be transfered into any of your nominated bank accounts and as soon as this is done myself and colleaque will come down to your country to see the investment climate in your country so that we will know how we can invest part of our share and we will rely very much on your advise and if you so wish we can negotiate for parnership investment with you. Note that i will compensate you with 30% of the total sum, 65% is for me and my colleague while 5% will be kept aside for expences we will incure with bank during the time of transfer of this money into your account as such huge sum will required stamp uty/notarisation charges for normalisation of claim documents with the Ecobank which is according to the 2004 fiscal financial policies been enshrined by the world bank.
As soon as this transaction is over all documents relating to the account of the deceased customer will be destroyed and the records in our computer system will be deleted to ensure that in the next one million years no body will ever have any reason to remember this account again. What you should do now is to send to me through this mail box your bank name and address,your banking particulars with swift code, your private phone and fax numbers and upon receipt of this, this transaction will commence immediately and we assure you that this transaction will not last more than ten working days . You should also feel free to call me on phone directline 00229 85 32 90 for us to discuss orally meanwhile as soon as you receive this mail just send all the needed informations so that we will commence this transaction immediately.Note that you will keep this transaction private and confidentail as i'm still in active service. Let me know your wish in this transaction.
I am waiting.
Sincerely,
DR THOMAS JOHNSON.
Directline: 00229 85 32 90.
Reply to: johnson.thomas@melimail.com
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