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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: "ali ibrahim" <ali_ibrahim07@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:36:49 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL TREAT AS URGENT.

FROM THE DESK OF DR.ALI IBRAHIM
BILL AND COMPUTER MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA ('BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

Dear friend,
You will be confused as of the writer since i have no previuos
correspondence with you, but kindly permit me the privilege of taking a
little of your time.

First,I must solicit your confidence in this project.This is so,by
virtue of its nature as being utmostly confidential and top-secret.
Though,I know that a project of this magnitude will make anyone apperhensive
and worried,but I am assuring you that all will be result-oriented at the
end of the Project.
I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
project,through an International Business Enquiry on the Internet.
I am Dr.Ali Ibrahim the manager of bill and computer at the foreign
remittance
Bank Of Africa( BOA)
In my departmentn we discovred an abandoned sum of $ 25.million US dollars
(Twentyfive million, US dollars) In an account that belongsto one of our
foreign customers who died along with his entire family three year ago in a
plane crash
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money ,because the bank cannot release it
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
person as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately
we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relatives died alongside
with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that i and two other officials in my
department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the
money into your account as the next of kin or relation to the deceased
customer for safety and subsequent disbursment.
Since nobody is coming for it , the fund will automatically be transfered
into bank's treasury.The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if
such moneyremained unclamed after four years, it will be transfered into the
Banktreasury as unclaimed fund.The request of foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occasionedby the fact that the customer was a foreigner and
a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for
any expenses incured during the curse of transfer and 60 % would be for me
and my colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country
for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased
person indicating your bank name, account details, your private telephone
and fax numbers for easy and effective communication and location where the
money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I shall send to you a text of the application
which you will forward to the paying bank introducing yourself and at the
same time instructing bank to effect the release of
the fund into your account. I must not hesitate to bring to your notice that
this transaction is hitch free on both side as the nature of your business
in not connected to this transfer, so you should not entertain any atom of
fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
Contact me immediately on the above email account as soon as you
receive this message to indicate your interest and willingness to co
operate.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Ali Ibrahim,

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