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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: mic_manafa1940@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:45:52 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20DESK=20OF=20MR=20MICHEAL=20MANAFA?=
From Desk:Mr Micheal manafa
Auditor General of a bank in Cote D'ivoire.
Phon:00 225 080 65312
Auenue 26 Rue 15,
Treichville,Abidjan,
Cote D'ivoire.
(Urgent& Confidential)
(Transfer of $26,000.000.00 USD)
(TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS)
Atten:President/Director
We want to transfer to overseas account $26,000. 000.00 USD)and twenty six
million United States Dollars) from a our Bank in Africa,I want to ask you
to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and
fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new bank a/c
immediately to receive this money,even an empty a/c can serve to receive
this money,as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this
important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never
let me down either now or in future.I am Mr Micheal manafa,the auditor general
of a Bank here ABIDJAN,during the course of our auditing,I discovered a
floating funds in an account opened in the bank in 1999 and since 2000 nobody
has operated on this account again,after going through some old files in
the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a[heir]hence
the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is Mr.Allan. P.Wassersug,a
foreigner,and an industrialist,and he died,since on monday 31 July, 2000,and
no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that,Allan P. Wassersug until his death was the manager Director, P Wassersug
shipping company[plc]cote
d'ivore.We will start the first transfer with ten million[$10,000.000]upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side,we shall re-apply
for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account.The amount
involved is (USD26M) twenty six million United States Dollars only.I want
to first transfer $10,000.000 [ten million United StatesDollar] from this
money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest but I don't
know any foreigner,I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be approved to a local person here,without valid
international foreign passport,but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because
the money is in US dollars
and the former owner of the a/c Mr.Allan P.Wassersug is a foreigner too,and
the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c. However,we will sign
a binding agreement,to bind us together.I got your contact address from
our chamber of commerce,I am revealing this to you with believe in God that
you will never let me down in this business,you are the first and the only
person that I am contacting for this business,so please reply urgently so
that i will inform you the next step to take urgently.Send also your private
telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be
used for the deposit.I want us to meet face to face to build confidence
and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together before transferring
the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe.Before
we fly to your country for withdrawal,sharing and investments.I need your
full co-operation to make this work fine,Because the arrangement is ready
to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of
this account,which I will give to you,upon your positive response and once
I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction
of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business I
need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down.with
my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer this
money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country
for sharing.The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build
confidence you can come immediately to discuss with me face to face after
which I will make this remittance in your presence and three of us will
fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the
account.I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from
you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account.I will
use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the
relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.At the conclusion of
this business,you will be given 35% of the total amount,60% will be for
me,while 5% will be
for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.I
look forward to your earliest reply through my email Pls,go through this
website for more verification and details about the incident,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Regards,
Mr Micheal manafa,
auditor,
00225-08-065-312
NB:Plz,reach me through this following e-mail address
dr_michealmanafa@yahoo.com
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