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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: "Mr Elgailu Malick" <mrelgailumalick@voila.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrelgailu_70@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:55:05 +0000
Subject: Reminder.
Dear Sir,
I am Mr Elgailu Malick the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of (Citi Bank Plc) Dakar Senegal. with due respect and regard. I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at end. During our investigation and auditing in the bank for the new year review, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to Mr. Chung a Chinese person who we finally got a report that he died on 6th June 2000 in an automobile car accident and the fund has been dormant in his account with our Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation. Before our discovery of this in the course of our new review, I Although personally keep this information secret within myself to enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful during the time of execution. The said amount was U.S in dollar $13.000.000.00 (thirteen million United States Dollars)
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased and get the required approval and transfer of this money to a foreign account will be put in place and directives, and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. Because of my position in this Organisation (A Banker or that matter,
we are not allowed to operate foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on me 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 a claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust / suport to the Bank and also present a foreign account where the money will be re- transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by this correspondent bank in where the whole document will be passed to after we secure the required documents for the claim, then the payment of the money will commence from our bank branch here to your designated foreign bank account. You will only be provided to recieve thefund for our lucrative inventure in your country.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled 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 the transfer and also telephone bills, while 60% will be for me as the founder of this opportunity. Please you have been adviced to keep this deal as confidential, as I am still in service with the bank and intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal with you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your
country for the subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any country you advice me to invest my own share. All other necessary vital documentations will be sent to you when I hear from you.
Please i look forward to receive your response from this my private e-mail address for security purpose. Awaiting your urgent response
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Elgailu Malick
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