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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: akala007@tiscali.it
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:13:37 +0100
Subject: urgent and very confidential business
Mr. akala sean
International Banking Department
Awash International Bank S.C.
Bole Road
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am akala sean, Bank Manager of Awash
International Bank S.C.Ethiopia .This
is an urgent and very confidential business
proposition.
On June 6, 2000,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor
with the Ethiopian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr.Steve Warren
made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit
for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$26,500,000.00,(Twenty-six Million, five
hundred thousand Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no
reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally
we discovered from his contract
employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that
Mr.Steve Warren died from an
automobile accident.
On further investigation,I found out that he died
without making a WILL,and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mr.Steve Warren did
not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents,including his Bank
Deposit paper work in my Bank. This sum of
US$26,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my
bank for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it.According
to Ethiopian Law, at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert
to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as
a Foreigner to stand in as
the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in
my bank. I am writing you because
I as a public servant,i cannot operate a foreign
account.
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so
you can be able to claim them
with the help of my attorney. This is simple.I will
like you to provide immediately
your full names and address so that the Attorney will
prepare the necessary documents
which will put you in place as the beneficiary of the
funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the
ratio of 80% for me and 20%
for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney
If you are interested, please reply immediately via
my email address and Upon
yourresponse, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will
help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest
assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to
invest my share in real estate within your country.
Due to the nature of confidentiality in this
Transaction our communicationcan only be
via email and fax mostly.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email Above.
Thanks and my regards.
Akala sean
Manager Awash International Bank
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