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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: "dr ahmed" <dr_ahmed0066@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 15:28:48 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!
FROM THE DESK OF DR ADMED,
MANAGER AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
BANK OF AFRICA,OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO
ATTENTION:FRIEND
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know
each other before,but for purpose of introduction, I am DR ADMED. the
Manager of Auditing and Accounting Department BANK OF AFRICA,Burkina
Faso.There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1999 nobody
has operated on this account again.
After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do
not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The
owner of this account is Mr. DAVID VAN BUSKIRK, a foreigner,and a miner at
Kruger gold co, a geologist by profession and he died since 1999 along with
his entire family on a motor accident.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 his company does not know
anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD 10M) TEN MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS .I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner
of the account Mr.DAVID VAN BUSKIRK was a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
ourselves before. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and
legal business. Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next
step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number
including your age,your occupation,your marital statue.your capability to
handle this transaction and the full details of the account to be used for
the deposit.I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to
bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account
or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe.And I will fly to
your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign beneficiary.I need your full co-operation to make this
work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to
you later , if you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need
truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need
your strong assurance and trust.
With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this
money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for
sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive
this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with
me face
to face after which the bank will make this remittance in your presence and
two 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 effect legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, and while 10% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to
your earliest reply through my Email address.
Yours truly,
Dr ADMED.
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