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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: sami.kofi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:13:25 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IMPORTANT=20NOTICE?=
FROM : BARR. SAMI KOFI
CABINET MAITRE CHAMBERS
03 BP 2335 COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC.
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:< sami1@satellite-email.com >
phone: 229-981777
My Dear
I need your assistance to transfer and invest (USD 45 MILLION) Forty Five
million United States Dollars) from Banque internationale Du Benin. I have
the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and confidential
business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Barrister Sami Kofi Esq. A France National and I am the attorney to
Late paulton Allens a foreigner and an Engineer with Atlas Engineering Co.here
in cotonou Benin Republic. Late paulton Allens has an account with B.I.BE.
which he set up in 1980.He died in 1990 of cardiac arrest in Benin, I received
a memo early this year from the international remittance unit of B.I.BE
for an interview,The Bank informed me on their policy to Freeze the account
and redirect the funds back to government treasury because they saw no
next of kin in Paulton Allens entire file Except me as his attorney but
not his inheritor He said it is the Central Bank Regulations and the I.D.B
policy on dormant account for the period of ten years as the policy says
that such fund should be forfeited to government treasury . After scrutinizing
his entire file within my Chamber i discovered that he had no next of kin
in his entire file with us too.On that issue i opened up to the manager
on my intention to move the funds for investments abroad. He then adviced
me to look for a foreigner because Paulton Allens is not a citizen of Benin,And
he told me that the fund will be processed as a contract sum in the name
of the new benficiary,the deposit was contract sum paid into late paultons
account on the order of the Federal Ministry of finance to the Central Bank.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account as the foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make
this transaction work.
All i need from you is your full name and address,i will also need your
telephone and fax numbers for oral communications too.I have resolved to
share the money in this ratio. 50% for me,30% for you ,20% for the Foreign
operations manager in the bank and any expences we might incurre in the
processing of this transaction will be deducted before sharing on the agreed
percentage.
I will come over to your country for sharing and investements as soon as
you confirm the funds in your account. The entire details of this transaction
and all the role you are required to play , i will send to you on your
positive response to this mail. Reply through my alternative email < sami1@satellite-email.com
>.
regards
BARR.SAMI KOFI Esq
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