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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: "andre houssou" <dcg@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hous_andre@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 23:01:29 +0200
Subject: PLS.READ AND GET BACK TO ME
FROM Mr Andre HOUSSOU
B.I.C.I. BANK
Head Audit and Accounting Department
email : hous_andre@yahoo.fr
hou_andre@hotmail.com
Cotonou, Benin Republic.
My Dear Friend,
This letter might come to you as a suprise but it is with deep sence of
commitment, faith and trust that I make this absolute confidential risk
free
business proposal to you for your assistance/partnership.
I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbe your privacy .I am
Mr
Andre HOUSSOU the head of the Audit and Accounting Department of
Continental
Bank in Cotounu Benin Republic. Recently, I and my colleague discovered
a
domant account with a huge amount of money valued USD22.000, 000.00.
(Twenty
two million dollars) that belongs to one of our numerous customers who
died
in a ghastly motor accident in Cotounu on 5th OF May 2003.
During the period of our investigation after we discovered This Fund We
come
across that the deceased left no will and nobody behind to come for the
claim as his Next or beneficiary.
Since then several inquiries to locate any of our customers extended
relatives have proved unsuccessful, hence I decided to contact you
since the
banking law here stipulates that if such money remain unclaimed for
four
years, it will be forfeited to the government treasury as an unclaimed
fund
which will be expended on acquiring dangerous weaponse for the support
of
their selfish political interest and promoting wars and ethnic crises
in
Africa. I and my second who discovered this fund in this department
have
decided to contact you to collaborate with us to pull out this domant
fund
from this bank as the business partner or Next of kin of our late
customers
for the claim of the fund.
I want to also bring to your notice that as the Head Audit and Account
department of this bank if this fund is not pulled out at the
expiration of
this quarter the government will lay their hands on the fund. So
urgently
get back to me to enable me send to you the procedure of claiming this
fund.
I have in my possetion all the necessary information of the deceased
that
will help us successfully accomplish this transaction.
You shall be offered 30% for your assistance, while 5% shall be set
asid for
any expenses that we might incure during the transaction and the rest
shall
be for me and my colleaque.
.Further response shall be giving to you as soon as I receive your
positive
Reply.
Anticipating your urgent reply.
Regards,
Mr André HOUSSOU
email : hous_andre@yahoo.fr
hou_andre@hotmail.com
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