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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: "ali bello" <ali_bello000072@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:18:16 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL... 00226 76 60 79 46
FROM THE DESK OF DR.ALI BELLO.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend,
I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned
sum
of US$25m dollars (TWENTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich,
Germany) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane
crash.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
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
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws 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 now decided to make this
business
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 don't want this money to go into the bank treasury
as
unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained
unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in
this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the
provision
of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred
during
the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your
country
for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to
enable
the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply
first to
the bank as relation 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 this transaction is 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 as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.ALI BELLO. (B.O.A)
TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENCIAL
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