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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: "konta yakubu" <yakubu_konta06@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:19:40 +0000
Subject: HALLO,HOW ARE YOU.
FROM THE DESK OF KONTA YAKUBU
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO
DEAR Friend
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foriegn remittance department
of Bank Of Africa (B.O.A).
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$15 (Fifteen million US
dolloars) in an account that belongs to one of our foriegn customer who died
along with his entire family in a plane crash that happened in Kenya, East
Africa.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlines and laws 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 claim.
Please I want you to visit the website below for more information about the
Plane Crash and the Deceased DR. GEORGE W. BRUMLEY AND HIS FAMILY:
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html>
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
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 for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner and
60%for me and my corlised 10% Is for any expenses that we come up during the
transfer, in respect to the provision of a foriegn account, and 60% would be
for me,There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to
the percentage indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer 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 easy and effective communication and location
wherein the money will be remitted.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application to fill and send to the bank. I will not fail to bring to
your notice that this transaction is 100% Risk free and you should keep this
transaction (TOP SECRET) and this transaction will only take us14 banking
days in the exceptance of this proposal because as a banker, I know what to
do and move the fund into your account without any delay and that you should
not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made
for the transfer.
You should contact me as soon as you receive this letter .
Yours faithfully.
Bill & Exchange Manager.
Tel.00226 76679652
KONTA YAKUBU
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