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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: "AKIN THOMAS" <ak_thomas1000@yahoo.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: akthomas7077@yahoo.es
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:11:00 +0100
Subject: Urgent Atten:
From:Mr.Akin Thomas
Auditing/Accounting Department,
Diamond Deposit & Financier Plc,
Lome. Togo
Dear ,
I am Mr. Akin Thomas, the Director in charge of auditing and accounting
section of Diamond Deposit & Financier Plc, Lome, Togo in West Africa.
With due respect and regards, I have decided to contact you on a
business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the
end of the transaction.I sent out this mail to you earlier but I made a
small typograhical error in my mail address that is why I had to resend
the mail.
During our investigation and audting in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died
on August 2002 in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his
account with this bank without any claim of the fund in our custody
either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.
Although personally,I kept this information secret within myself and my
partner to enable the whole plans and idea be pofitable and successful
during the time of execution.
The said amount was USD$8.6m (eight million,six hundred thousand
dollars).I am glad to say that with the introduction of internet and
website,I was opportuned and pleasured to have come across your contact
through this satellite media,as it may interest you to know.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the
bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and
transfer this money to a foriegn account has been put in place and
directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your
self to this great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in
this country as a civil servant, we are not allowed to operate a
foriegn account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side
during the time of transfer because, I work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow
who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of
Oath to this bank and also present a foriegn account where he will need
the money to be retransfered into on his request as it may be after due
verification and clarification by designation bank account. I will not
fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitiled to 30%
of the total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take
care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer both local
and international,like telephone bills,e-mail bills including the
documents fees,while 60% will be for me and my partner. Please,you have been
adviced to keep top secret as we are still in service and intend to
retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you
confirm the money in your account.And ask us to come down to your
country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages
previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any
country you advice us to invest in.
All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from
you.I suggest you get back to me as soon asn possible stating your wish
in this deal.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Akin
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