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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: karoma felix <karoma3felix@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:19:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: urgent attention
From Dr Karoma Felix
Director Foreign Remittance Dept,
Credit And Commerce Bank Of Africa,
45 reu du Boulevard, BP 1102
Lome - Togo.
My Dear,Urgent Attention.
PLEASE TREAT AS ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL.
My name is Dr Karoma Felix, I am one of the Senior Managers in the bank I work for (Credit And Commerce Bank of Africa, Lome Togo) and I work under the Director of Foreign Exchange Operations(Credit & Commerce Bank of Africa PLc).I am contacting you presently because I need your urgent assistance in a business transaction that will be of immense benefit to both of us.I have the immediate need to transfer some money that has long been declared_UNCLAIMED_ by the Chairman and some members of the board of directors of our bank.
The money is the closing balance of one of our best customers ever, Late Engr. Samahiro Yakimuto , I was his personal account officer just before he died in the ADC plane crash of 1997 in Abidjan.Engr. Samahiro Yakimuto , a Japanese citizen was a contractor with the Federal Government of Togo,he supplied and installed equipment and his company Creek Contractors completed some of the best construction contracts in the country. His closing balance in the bank,Nineteen Million (US19M) has been tagged unclaimed because no relative of Engr. Samahiro Yakimuto has come forward to make a statement of claim. We have no knowledge of a next of kin. At this point I trust you can picture what the situation is like. We have strong proof that the chairman and the board of directors will keep most of the money for themselves and donate the remainder to a discredited military trust here in Togo.
This invariably is an attempt to infuse more money into the acquisition of military equipment (arms and ammunition) for use in an already prostrate Africa. This of course, is senseless, hence my mission.My colleagues and my self have made several attempts at locating persons that could be remotely related to Engr. Samahiro Yakimuto and we have been doing this for about 4 years now.Right now I am almost alone in this enterprise and I have presently decided on moving the money to a foreign account.
I am hereby soliciting your assistance and I will be very grateful if you will be willing to help in this regard. I have worked out a plan to handle this transaction in carefully followed stage. You will help by providing a safe bank account into which the money will be paid and you will stand,as a next of kin of Engr. Samahiro Yakimuto .I will provide you with answers to security question, which you will have to answer. I will also provide you answers to questions that only a person related to him will know.If you follow my instructions closely,we will successfully conclude this transaction in 14 working days.
Every thing should be concluded on telephone and fax between you and the bank. For your participation you will be commensurately compensated with 25%,5% is set aside to settle all expenses incurred by both parties.70% will be kept on trust in your account proir to my arrival for the sharing.If you disagree,you should call me so that we discuss the compensation among other primary details.
I make this proposal in trust and in good faith, therefore,if you are interested and you agree to assist me then contact me immediately you receive this email, there is a lot more to talk about.
If you are not interested, then, please, do get rid of this email and please forgive me if this message has upset you in anyway.
Thank you and best regards.
Dr Karoma Felix
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