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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: "Mustafa Jega" <mustafajega@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mustafa555_ecobank@myway.com
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:01:05 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME
DEAR SIR/MRS,
I am MR MUSTAFA JEGA an account officer with ECO BANK PLC . I am writing
following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to
both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $30 million
(Thirty million united states dollars ) in an account that belongs to one of
our foreign customers Late Bob WILLIAMS an American oil engineer with SUMMIT
OIL SERVICES LTD who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his
wife. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this
site.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/Bob
Williams.html.Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin or
relatves to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless somebodyapplies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines.Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed
next of kin being his wife [Patty Williams]died along with him in the plane
crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this
department now decided to make business with you and release the money to
you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money to go back into Government treasury as
unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such
money remained after five years the money will be transferred into banking
treasury as unclaimed funds. We agreed that 30% of this money will be for
you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for me and my colleagues.
I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages
indicated above once this money gets
into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this
transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.
As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail.Please
note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to
you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do receive
your response. Please in your response include your telephone number for
easy communication between us.
Best Regards,
MR MUSTAFA JEGA
TEL:234-80-42653274
Please reply through this email addresses:
mustafajega01@sify.com;mustafa100@sify.com;
mustafajega11@sify.com
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