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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: fredbik08@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 12:05:45 +0200
Subject: Confidential
Confidential
I am Mr.Fred Bik an auditor with AfricanDevelopment Bank (ADB). There was an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 2002 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, this funds will go down the drains, into the hands of either the board of directors of this bank or the funds may eventually be discovered by the government as a dormant fund in the forthcoming audit by the Nations auditors. They will confiscate or send it into the government’s treasure.
The question now is who is the government and where is the treasury? These are human beings like you and I. The owner of this account is Mr Chris Walker a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by profession and he died in 2002. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other eneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account.
The amount involved is Ten million, Five Hundred Thousand 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 and foreign beneficiary because the money is in US dollars and the real owner of the account Mr Chris Walker is a foreigner too.
I only got your contact address from my secretary who operates computer; with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. 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 will be able 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 our life.
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 beintact pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing and investment. I will also use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance documents from the ministries and foreign exchange department.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40%of the total amount, while 60% will be for me, which I would like to invest in your country.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Regards
Mr Bik
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