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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: bernard001@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 03:23:22 -0700
Subject: GOOD DAY::::::I NEED YOUR HELP
FROM THE DESK OF BERNARD CHISOM.
ACCOUNTS & AUDIT DEPARTMENT,
BANK OF AFRICA BENIN
REPUBLIC COTONUE(BOA)
Dear Friend,
I do recognize the surprise this urgent but confidential letter brings to
you, especially as it came from a stranger.
I am Mr. Bernard Chisom, the head of Accounts and Audit Department of Bank
of Africa Benin In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$25.150m
(Twenty five million, one hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars
only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr.Abram
Megan, who died along side his wife on the 16th Fabruary 1998 in a Chinese
plane crash. Since we got the information of his death, we 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 next of kin to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guide. Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy
to locate any of his extended relatives. But this has also proved unsuccessful.
I have contacted you to assist in ecuring this money before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by my bank. It's therefore, upon discovery that
I decided to make business with you and release the money to you as next
of kin or relation to the deceased for safe
keeping and subsequent disbursement, since nobody is coming for Government's
account as unclaimed bill.
Note that,it does not necessarily matter,whether you are biologically related
to the deceased or not. As you may bear with me, a next of kin could be
blood relation, business associate, friend or even a well wisher. So,whether
you are related to him or not is never a barrier to realizing this transaction.The
banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such an account remains
dormant or non-operational after a period of Seven (7) years, the money
will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed fund. However, attempts
has been made twice by the Government Agency concerned to confiscate this
account since the expiration of the five years if not for my intervention
as the head account and audit dept.as I have always told them that the next
of kin has been in touch with us.The request of a foreigner as next of kin
in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner.Please
include your Phone/Fax number for easy communication.
Please be honest to me. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of the
fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the next of
kin to the diseased. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you the
text of application which you will fax to my bank.
Note that this transaction requires utmost confidentiality,and I am assuring
you that it is 100% risk free So you need not be afraid. I expect a positive
response from you soonest.
Best regards,
Mr.Bernard Chisom.
Accounts & Audit Dept.
BANK OF AFRICA BENIN REPUBLIC
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