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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: "barri yacoubu" <barri_yacoubu@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:29:26 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT
ATTN: HELPER.
(STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL)
FROM THE DESK OF ( BARRI YACOUBU)AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
/FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPT. BANK OF AFRICA (B O A)OUAGADOUGOU -BF
REQUEST FOR THE URGENT TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF 10.5 MILLION
DOLLARS(US$10.5million ) ONLY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
You may be surprise to receive this message from me since you don't
know me
in
person, but for the purpose of introduction., I got your impressive
information through an international business equiry .
But I respectfully insist you read crefully as I am optimistic it will
open
doors for unimaginable
financial reward for both us. This business transaction might not fall
within
the wide spectrum of your business activities ,but I plead your
assistance
,as
your flair for profitable business
is needed .
Permit me to introduce myself. I am BARRI YACOUBU. the Manager
of
auditing and accounting unit at the foreign remittance department of
BANK OF
AFRICA In My department I discovered an abandoned sum of$ 10.5m US
dollars (
10.5 MILLIONS US dollars) . In an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with
his
entire family in november 2002 in a plane crash.
Since I got information about his death, I have been expecting his next
of
kin
to come over and claim his money because wecannot release it unless
somebody
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased anindicated
in our
banking guidelines but unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed
next of
kin or relation died alongside with him at the planecrash leaving
nobody
behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make businness 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 guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained
unclamed after five 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
occasioned
bythe 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
you as foreign partner, inrespect to the provision of a
foreign account, 10 %will be set aside for expenses incured during the
business and 60 % would be for me .
There after I will visit your country with my family for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as
arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relations 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 where
in the
money will be remitted .
On your acceptance, I will send to the text of application by fax or
by
which you are going to apply to the bank ; and provide materials
confirmation
references and inquiries regarding payment formalities from the payment
Agency. I willbe handling official
protocols here and expect you to undertake international
responsibilities as
I
am assuring you of a risk free transaction provided you display
maturity.
Therefore, if you are willing and interested to render the needed
assistance,
endeavor to reply through my email address ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS BELOW
barri_brr@yahoo.co.uk
Thanking you in anticipation of your kind
considerations.
Yours sincerely.
BARRI YACOUBU
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