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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: "Amudu Dango" <amudu_dango1@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amududango1@fsmail.net
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:36:27 +0000
Subject: urgently needed
FROM THE DESK OF MR.AMUDU DANGO
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
PRIVATE TEL: 00226 7881 7532
Dear Friend,
COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON.
I am the manager of bill and exchange at FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$10.5M US dollars
(Ten Five Million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family on 17th November 2000
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 a business associate to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidlines 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 a business associate to
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and I 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 five years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreign 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 20% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for
expenses incured during the business and 75% would be for me and my
Family.
There after I and my Family will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated anf for some possible investment
under your kind control.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as a business associate 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 wherein the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the
text of
the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is risk-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 in this mail address as soon as you
receive this letter for more explanations.
Yours faithfully,
MR. AMUDU DANGO.
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