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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: elvis_aka@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:52:35 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MUTUAL=20BENEFIT?=
FROM MR. Elvis Aka
ABIDJAN, COTE D,IVOIRE
Dear,
With due respect and humility, I write to you this
proposal.I am the manager of File section in a bank
here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. In my department, we
discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$8.5m US dollars
(Eigh 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 a plane
crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come forward 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 guidelines and
policies 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
claims. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and
other official in my department now decided to make
this businness 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 forth and we dont want this money to go into
the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
According to our Banking policies and guideline here
which stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed
after specific years, the money will automatically be
transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer
was a foreigner and an Ivoiren cannot stand as next of
kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 25 % of this money will be for you as
foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a
foreign account, 10 % will be for reimbursement of any
expenses incured during the curse of the transaction
and 65 % would be for me and my colleagues. There
after I and my colleagues 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 easier and
effective communication and location where 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 also give
you the full details of the bank and the contact
address. 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 letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Elvis Aka
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
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