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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: "Alain Tohme" <a_tohme@turntmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:56:44 +0000
Subject: urgent mail
Alain C. Tohmé
Deputy General Manager,
Head of Commercial Banking Division
Byblos Bank Sal.,P.O.Box 257,Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Reply To: alaintohme4all@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr.Alain C. Tohmé, Head of Commercial Banking Division,Byblos Bank Sal.
This is an urgent and very confidential business proposition. On June 6,
2001,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Ethiopian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy, Mr. John Daniels made a numbered
time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$26,500,000.00,(Twenty-six Million, five hundred thousand Dollars) in my
branch.
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.
John Daniels died from an automobile accident.On further investigation,I
found out that he died without making a WILL,and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. John Daniels
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official
documents,including his Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank here in
Ethiopia.This sum of US$26,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my bank
for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it.According to Ethiopia Law, at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.Consequently, my proposal is
that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money
which was fixed deposited in my bank.I am writing you because I as a public
servant,i cannot operate a foreign account.
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to claim
them with the help of my attorney. This is simple.I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney will facilitate
you as the beneficiary of the funds. The money will be moved out for us to
share in the ratio of 80% for me and 20% for you. The paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the Attorney.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us,and I shall also require
your assistance to invest my share in real estate within your country.
Due to the nature of confidentiality in this Transaction our
communicationcan only should be via email mostly.
Awaiting your urgent reply only to my address above.
Thanks and my regards.
Alain C. Tohmé.
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