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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: Mr Bori Atama <bori_atama@zwallet.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 23:18:09 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE MAIL FOR YOU
7/8 MARINE CLOSE,
ACCRA,GHANA
DATE:19/5/2005
Hello,
I am Mr.Bori Atama , Bank Manager of African
Development bank, Accra, Ghana, and for
reasons which will become obvious to you as you read
on, I obtained your address particulars from an
Internet when I was searching for a reliable,honest
and trustworthy person to entrust this business with.
Please exercise some patience and
read through my message.
I have a very urgent and confidential business
proposition for you. On June 6th 1999, a Gold
Consultant/Contractor with the Ghananian National Gold
Corporation, Mr. Ahmed Youseff Mustafa , a
national of kuwait, made a numbered time ( fixed)
deposit for 12 calendar months, value
USD26,500,000.00 (TWENTY SIX MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS) in my branch.
On maturity, we sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,
we sent a reminder and finally, his contract
employers, the Ghananian National Gold Corporation
wrote to inform us that Mr. A Y Mustafa died on an
automobile accident; that he died without making a
WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin
through the kuwait embassy were fruitless. At first I
was surprised that I did not receive much official
cooperation in my inquiries in order to trace his kin
in kuwait, and inform them about Mr. Mustafa’s deposit
of USD26.5m plus accrued interest. I therefore made
further investigations and discovered that Mr. Mustafa
had actively opposed the Government of his country
kuwait, and was consequently driven into exile.
Being a minning Expert,he subsequently obtained a job
with the Ghananian National Gold Corporation, and
settled in Ghana. Thereafter, he walked into my Office
to make the aforementioned deposit of USD26.5m. He did
not
declare any kin in his application paperwork, contrary
to laid down procedures, and when I asked him he
informed me that he wished it so. I accepted his
application because banks are conservative and will
always honour a customer’s wishes, especially high
networth customers.
No one knows the source of his money because
apparently the time frame of his
employment with the GNGC does indeed preclude such a
large amount of money. It can be assumed that he
brought his money over from kuwait, but that is open
to speculation. However, the point is that his
employers are not aware of this money, and therefore
it can be safely assumed that no one will ever come
forward to claim this money. This money total USD26.5m
is still sitting in my
Bank in the Dormant Account Portfolio. No one will
ever come forward to claim it now, and according to
Ghananian law,after 9 years, the money will
automatically revert to the Federal Government
Treasury if the Account owner is a foreigner, and
certified dead , and there is no valid claim. This
indeed, is the situation.
My proposal therefore is that I am looking for a
foreigner who will stand in as the next of kin to
Mr. Mustafa. It is not necessary to be a blood
relation to Mr. Mustafa, nor have the same name. It is
not also necessary to come from the same Country. I
have worked out the modalities to achieve my aim of
appointing a next of kin, and therefore also by this
means transfer this money total USD26.5M abroad for us
to share.
The method of achieving the objective of transferring
this money abroad is a completely legal
and proper way which is simple. I intend to use an
Attorney( representing you as BENEFICIARY) to execute
a series of affidavits in support of your claim. These will be
approved by the Bank board of directors that
will approve the fund before transfering it to your account.
The money transfer paperwork itself will include a
certificate of origin so that the receiving bank
does not ask questions or refuse the money as money
laundering. Also, the paperwork will include proper
certification that the funds being transferred are
from non criminal sources. In short this will be a
proper and legal money transfer and there is no risk!.
I will have to process the initial paperwork to
obtain approval from the Probate Registry ( Ministry
of Justice ) to obtain the Letter of Administration
empowering you as Sole trustee/executor to the Estate
of Mr. Mustafa.
If you therefore agree to be the official Beneficiary,
then the following is required from
you:
(1) Send to me immediately A bank account ( a bank
account with zero credit balance is still ok)
(2) Complete name and address of the Bank
(3) Bank Account Number
(4) Name of Account Holder/Beneficiary
(5) Your address, phone and fax
Once you send me the requested information as above, I
will initiate the processing of the transfer
and in about 14 working days the money total USD26.5m
will be in your nominated bank account for us to share
in the ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you. This
transaction is guaranteed to succeed without any
problem. If you agree to assist me by sending me the
above requested information, I will give you my
complete address, including phone/ fax etc and any
further clarifications you may require,Mail me through my alternative email address: bori_atamaconfidential01@yahoo.com
Looking forward to your urgent reply.
Yours truly
Mr.Bori Atama
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