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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: gilbertpolom1@apropo.ro
Date: 4 Apr 2005 18:03:28 -0000
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU
FROM THE DESK OF Mr Gilbert Polom
BILL AND EXCHANGE UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
SOCIETE GENERALE AU BANQUES DES BURKINA(SGBB)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend ,
I am a senior staff of bill and exchange unit at FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPT.SOCIETE GENERALE AU BANQUES DES BURKINA(SGBB)
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of U.S $17.5m US
dollars in an account that belonged to one of our foreign customers who died
along with his entire family in November 1998 in a plane crash in kenya.
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 a business associate to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws 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 claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you so that the bank can release the money to you as the
next of kin or a business associate to the deceased for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don\'t want this money
to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and
guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after seven years
(7yrs), the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed
fund which will end this year if nothing is done.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot
stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for
expenses incured during the business and 60% would be for me and my
Family.
There after I and my Family will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated and for some possible investment under
your kind control.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as a business associate or next of kin of
the deceased person.And please i will like this transaction to be strictly
between you and i.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will start by sending to you the
application which you will send to the bank. I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this transaction is risk-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
for more explanations.
Please send your response to; Mr Gilbert Polom
i will be
waitting.
Yours faithfully
Mr Gilbert Polom
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