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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: "aminata zongo" <aminata2k@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:04:54 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED.
FROM THE DESK MRS. AMINATA ZONGO.
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BURKINA
OUGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.
Dear Frined,
I am Mrs Aminata Zongo.the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign
remmittance department of Banque International du Burkina. Iam writing
following the impressive information about you through on of my friends who
runs aconsultancy firm in your country. He assured me of your capability and
reliability to champion this business opportunity.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US $25.5 million
dollars(twenty fives million five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our foriegn customer who died along with his entirer
family in WORLD TRADE CENTER OF 11TH SEPTEMBER 2001..
Since we got information about his death with his entirer family in WORLD
TRADE CENTER OF 11TH SEPTEMBER 2001.. , we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as
indicated in our banking guidlines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at
the with his entirer family in WORLD TRADE CENTER OF 11TH SEPTEMBER 2001..
leaving no body behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the
money to you as the next of kin or relation to the decease for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we dont 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
treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a 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.
We agree that30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me and my
collegues. There after I and my collegues will visit your country for
disbursment according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of thid fund to you as arrange,
you must apply first to the bank as relation or next or kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account, your private telephone and fax
number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money
will be remitted.
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 business
is hicth-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.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Aminata Zongo.
Manager,
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