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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: "robert zongo" <r_zongo@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 04:57:27 +0000
Subject: URGENT.
FROM THE DESK OF MR ROBERT.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN- REMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPEMENT BANK .(ADB)
Dear friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange department of african developement
bank.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$15.5 US dollars
(fiftheen million five hundred thousand US dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family
in November 2000 in aplane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and i don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after four years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for yours as a respect to the
provision of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred
during the business and 60% would be for as i will be coming over to you for
sharing and investment.
Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relation or next
of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number,
your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication
and location wherein the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will help you to fill the text of application
and secretly summit it to the bank on your behalf as the next of kin. 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.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.And for your information you are going
to spend some money that is the major point we needed your help because
there are some documents to back up our cliams which a Lawyer will get for
us so that the transfer will be made very fast.
Your faithfully
MR ROBERT.
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