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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: abuba_usman02@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:11:59 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TREAT=20AS=20URGENT?=
FROM THE DESK OF MR ABUBA USMAN
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BURKINA
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO
Dear FRIEND,
I am the manager of bill and exchange the foreign remittance department
of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Burkina. I am writing, following .
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$10.5m US dollars
(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with , his entire family in
November 1998 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
if kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation 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 and other officials in my department
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 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.
We agree that 30% 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 65% would be for me and my family.
There after I and my family will visit your country for disbursement according
to the percentages indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as 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 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 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 Mail please
reply to my alternative emailaddress.
(abuba_usman04@yahoo.com)
for more explanations.
Yours faithfully,
MR ABUBA USMAN.
Bill & Exchange Manager
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