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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: "ahmed issa" <ahmedissa43@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:28:23 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY FROM MR AHMED ISSA
FROM:MR AHMED ISSA.
BANK OF AFRICA ( BOA ANNEX)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
OFFSHORE OFFICE,OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.
Dear ,
I know that this letter may come to you as a suprise.I got your contact
address from the Internet while I was searching for a business partner. My
name is AHMED ISSA .I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of united
bank of africa,Ouagadouguo Burkina Faso. In my department I discovered an
abandoned sum of USD$ 12.5 (TWELVE POINT FIVE MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS). In
an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with
his wife and children in a plane crash in 2000 plane crash happened in Cote
d'Ivoire.(KenyaAir Ways)
Since I got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased, as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with
him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it because I don't want the money to go into the
bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late
customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. I have agreed that 33% of this money will be for you as foreigner
partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account.2% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the business and 65% would be for me,
after which I shall visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as we
arranged,you will furnished me with a good receving account detail where the
money will be transfered,your private tel and fax number for easy
communication.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a text of
the application which you shall retype and fax to our foreign remittance
manager,for easy execution of the transaction. I will not fail to bring to
your notice that this transaction is 100% hitch-free on both side. As all
required arrangement have been made for the transfer.
Please I would like you keep this transaction confidential and as a top
secret as you may wish to know that I am a Bank official.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Sincerely,
MR AHMED ISSA
BOA BANK.
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