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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: "aluma ali" <aluma02_ali@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:53:58 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.00226-76-57-0515
FROM MR JOHN ZIMBELA,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,
BANK OF AFRICA OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA WEST AFRICA.
My Dear,
REQUEST FOR COOPERATION ON A PRIVATE BUSINESS DEAL.
Every five years BANK OF AFRICA transfer to its treasury,millions of dollars
of unclaimed Deceased Depositors Fund in compliance with the Banking Laws
and Guidelines to the majority of cases, with reference to my bank-BANK OF
FARICA, the money normally runs into several millions of dollars.
Until Mr. Arthur Billings death, along with his wife and their two sons in
an EgyptAir Flight 990 plane crash on a festive visit from Los
Angeles.(http://www.greatdreams.com/plane990.htm) I was his foreign currency
denoted bank Account Manager with constant balance in excess of eight
digits. Ever since his death
and up till this time of writing no next of kin or relation of his has come
forward to claim his money with us.Naturally, as long as late Arthur
Billings's money remains unclaimed, the bank remains richer in free funds
with his money. However, with me being in direct
Auditing and Accounting Unit in the Foreign Remittance Department of my
bank.
I
have all the neccessary informations that you will presents to the bank as a
next of kin or relation of late Arthur Billings on private business deal
basis. Now the game plan and the purpose of my writing you exclusively
having been highly recommended as then right and proper person to handle
this deal by a Management Consultant friend of line, who has travelled
widely,including your country is that I want to pull out this unclaimed
money amounting to U.S$7.2M (seven million two hundred United States
dollars). with your cooperation and assistant by just doing the following:
(a) Provide your direct and private telephone/fax number for effective
communication.
(b) Give immediate reply to this E-mail for details on how to proceed.
Upon receipt of your response, I will send to you the text of Application
you are required to forward to the Bank. For your cooperation and efforts
30% of the money will be for you as our foreign partner, while 70% will be
for my colleague and myself that will eventually visit your country for
disbursement of our portion.
Send me your reply immediately you receive this message for more directives
to my
private e-mail:(shatass04_bani@hotmail.com) Looking forward to a mutual
beneficial business relationship.
Regards,
MR JOHN ZIMBELA.
_________________________________________________________________
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