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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_00166@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:31:31 +0000
Subject: FROM ALI IBRAHIM.

MR ALI IBRAHIM
The Manager of Audit & Accountancy Dept.
Bank OF AFRICA/BOA.
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.

( READ CAREFULLY).
Dear Friend,

Good evening and how are you doing?I hope fine.

Please let this my message do not be a surprise to you because i got your
information and lay trust in you before i contacted you.

I am the MANAGER OF AUDIT & ACCOUNTANCY DEPARTMENT of our bank and i decided
to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of THIRTY
MILLION,UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($30,000,000.00 m).This is an abandoned fund
that belongs to the one of our bank foreign customers who died along with
his completely family on 25th July,2000 in a plane crash disaster.I was very
fortune to came acrooss the deceased file when i was arranging the old and
abandoned customers files of 2003-2004 in other to submit to the bank
managements accordingly for documentation purposes.

It is clearly stated in our BANKING FOREIGN POLICY and signed lawfully that
if such fund remains unclaimed by the NEXT OF KIN till the period of SIX(6)
years starting from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be
transferred into the BANK TREASURY as an unclaimed fund.Besides, it is not
authorized by the law guiding our bank for a citizen of BURKINA FASO to make
the claim of the fund.So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to
apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable
bank account as the NEXT OF KIN to the deceased.

When the fund is transferred into your account, THIRTY FIVE PERCENT(35%)
will be for you in an assistance and inprovision of the bank account,while
SIXTY PERCENT
(60%)will be for me while FIVE PERCENT(5%) will be set aside for helping the
helpless, disable , charity organisation and motherless babies.

If you are really sure of your integerity, trustworthy and confidentiality,
reply with your contact necessary for the transfer and call me as you reply
on (00226 78841369) so that i will let you know the steps to follow in order
to finalize this transaction immediately.
I will be waiting for your urgent reply.


Yours sincerely,

Mr.ALI IBRAHIM .

Tel.:00226 78841369. REPLY IMMEDIATELY.

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