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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: abdul300@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:25:54 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
FROM THE DESK OF ABDUL MUSA,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.WEST AFRICA
TEL:+226 76 473719.
Pls, REPLY ME WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR
SECURITY PURPOSES ( abdu_musa40@yahoo.com)
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign
remittance department of african development bank (ADB). I
crave your indulgence as i contact you in such a surprising
manner. But I respectfully insist you read this letter
carefully as I am optimistic it will open doors for
unimaginable financial rewards for both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of Twenty
Million five Hundred Thousand US dollars (US$20.5m) only ,
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer
who died along with his entire family in November 2000 in a
plan crash. Since we got information about his death, we
have been expecting his next of kin to come over 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 but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died
along with him at the plan crash leaving nobody behind for
the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to
make this business proposal to you so that the money could
be released to you as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and i dont want this money to go
into the bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will
be transferred into the Bank treasury as "unclaimed fund".
The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business
is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. We agree that 30% of this money will be for you
as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a
foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses
incurred during the business and 60% would be for me.
There after I 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 easy and
effective communication and location wherein 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 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,
ABDUL MUSA.
Bill and exchange manager,
African Development bank ADB
Burkina Faso Annex.
Pls, REPLY ME WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR
SECURITY PURPOSES ( abdu_musa40@yahoo.com)
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