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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: "Aliyashi MUSA" <aliyashimusa@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aliyashimusa2001@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:29:09 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED
Attn:
My Name is Mr. Aliyashi Musa, a credit and finance manager
with African Development Bank here in Dakar Senegal. In my department i
discovered an abandoned funds (USD$ 20.5 million) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER
from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000
in a plane crash. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
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 some body
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidlings 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. 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 we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after Six years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury
as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an Indigene
cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. Your percentage will be declare
to you as soon as you indicate your interest. I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated once you have agreed
to get this fund transfered through your account. Therefore, to enable the
immediate move of this fund to you arranged, you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating.
1.Your full name and address
2.Your telephone and fax number for easy communication.
3.Your company's name and address.
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 movement of the money. You should contact me immediately as soon as
you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
ALIYASHI MUSA
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