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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.WENGA BALLAH" <wen_ba1000@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wengaball@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:48:42 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS ENQUIRY
FROM: MR WENGA BALLAH.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK.
ALTERNATIVE E-AMIL:wengaball@yahoo.co.in
REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL OF
$10,500,000.00.
Dear Sir,
I am Mr.wenga Ballah, the Director in charge of
Auditing and Accounting
section International Commercial Bank in West Africa
and also Chairman
of Investigating and Auditing Department of this Bank.
With due respect
and regard, I have decided to contact you on a
BusinessTransaction that
will be very beneficial to both of us and our families
in future.
During our Investigation and Auditing in this Bank, my
department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to one
Deceased Mr.Morris
Thompson 61years, of Fairbanks, Alaska America who
died on January 31st
2000 with Alaska Airlines Flight 261.You can as well
confirm it by
yourself through under stated Website of the
incident:http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Mr.Morris Thompson, a foreigner, As the fund has been
dormant in his
account with this Bank without any claim of the fund
in our custody
either from his family or relation because he did not
indicate any next
of kin to this account incase of death such as these.
Although
personally, I keep this information secret within
myself and partners
to
enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and
successful during the
time of execution.
The said amount is U.S $10.5m (Ten Million five
hundred thousand United
States Dollars). As it may interest you to know, I got
your impressive
information through one of my good friends who works
with Chamber of
Commerce on foreign business relations here in
Accra-Ghana though I did
not disclose the deal to him. Meanwhile as a Senior
Staff in this bank,
and the Director of Auditing and Accounting, I have in
my possession
all
the necessary documents to perfect this deal by making
you the bonafide
next of kin/Partner whom this money will be
transferred into your
account.
I need your assistance and co-operation to get this
deal done. Because
as a foreigner, you stand a better position to be
presented through
documentation as the next of kin/Partner since the
deceased is also a
foreigner, this is the reason why I could not do this
deal alone as a
Ghanaian and a Blackman as well. I will not fail to
inform you that
this
transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of
this
transaction,
you will be entitled to 35% of the total sum as
gratification, while 1%
will be set aside to take care of expenses that may
arise during the
time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 64%
willbe for me and
my partners.
Please, you have been advised to keep this a "Top
Secret" as we are
still in service and intend to retire from service
after we conclude
this deal with you. And I assure you that this
transaction will not
last
more than 10 working days and you confirm the money in
your account. I
will be monitoring the whole situation here in this
bank until you
confirm the money in your account. And ask us to come
down to your
country for subsequent sharing of the fund according
to percentages
previously indicated and further investment, either in
your country or
any country you advice us to invest in.
All other necessary vital information will be sent to
you when I hear
from you. I suggest you get back to me as soon as
possible stating your
wish in this deal. I am expecting your urgent reply as
soon as you
receive this message. Please send your response
through my alternative
email addresses below for security measures
wengaball@yahoo.co.in
Regards,
Mr.Wenga Ballah.
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