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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: bensonkoffi22@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 13:10:57 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

FROM THE DESK OF BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU ABIDJAN
ABIDJAN, COTE D,IVOIRE.

Dear friend,

With due respect, I write to you this proposal.I am the manager of bill
and exchange at the foreign remittance department of Banque Internationale
du Abidjan . I am writing following the impressive information i got about
you through my search for a legitimate foriegner i will do this transaction
with. which assured me of your capability and reliability to champion this
businees opportunity.

In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$25.5m USdollars (TWENTY
FIVE million, five hundred thousand US dollars) . In an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in
november 1997 in a plane crash.

Since I got information about his death, The Bank have been expecting his
next of kin to come forward and claim his money because The Bank cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and policies 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 claims.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this businness
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
forth and I dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed
Bill.

According to our Banking policies and guideline here which stipulates that
if such money remained unclaimed after Eight years, the money will automatically
be transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned bythe
fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next
of kin to a foreigner.

I agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect
to the provision of a foreign account, 20 % will be for reimbursement of
any expenses incured during the curse of the transaction and 50% would be
for me.

There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer 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 easier and effective communication and location where
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. send
your reply to my private email contact at/ bensonkoffi21@hotmail.com

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Benson Koffi.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU ABIDJAN.


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