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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: "Vicktor Tatabin" <vicktortatabin20@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:31:41 +0100
Subject: Business contact
FROM THE DESK OF Mr,Gambo Walieh.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA.
DEAR FRIEND,
I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise,I got your contact
address from the internet while I was searching for somebody that has
similar name with one of my best friend.I am the manager of bill and
exchange BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)at foreign remittance department . There is a
business I would want you to champion for me.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of ($21.500.000 U.S)twenty
one million five hundred thousands US dollars) . In an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family on 25TH
JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers
aboard.The name of the deceased man was(MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich,Germany).
N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly,go through this website below
for your confirmation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
You have to understand that i come acrossed this huge amount of money when i
was arranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank
management for the annual audit of the year
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over but w did not see anybody before we decided to deposit this
money in SPANISH BANK which i can give you their contact information if you
are ready to assist. All his supposed next of kin's or relation died
alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this businness proposal to you. The request
of a foreigner in this business is because of our position in this bank that
we cannot operate any foreign account, that is the reason why we seek for
your assistance.
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
expenses incured during the business and 60% would be for me and my
colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for
disbursement accoding to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the
immediate trnansfer of this fund to you, you are to contact the SPANISH BANK
FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOU. All modalities of this
transaction have been carefully worked out and once started will not take
more than fourteen(14) working days, with your full
support. this transaction is 100% risk free.it involve no any implication
and no any precaution there after. 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 transfer .You should
contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter on this private
email address:wegambo@hotmail.com
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr, Gambo Walieh.
Bill and exchange manager,
BANK OF AFRICA
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