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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: "musa usman" <musa_us54@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:17:08 +0000
Subject: THIS IS ME.
FROM THE DESK OF MR. MUSA USMAN
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER.
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)(ANNEX)
OFFSHORE OFFICE,REPUBLIC BENIN COTONOU.
GET ME WITH THIS E-MAIL(musa_us333@yahoo.com)
Dear ,
I know that this letter may come to you as a suprise.I got your contact
address from the computerized search when I was searching for a business
partner.
My name is MR MUSA USMAN, I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)REPUBLIC BENIN COTONOU.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of USD$18.500.000 (EIGHTEEN
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED U.S.A DOLLARS). In an account that belongs to one of
our foreign customer mr Hazim Ibrahim from Alexandra Eygpt who died along
with his family in a plane crash that happen in abidjan on 28nov 2001.
Since I got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased, as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that i decided to make this business
proposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it, because I don't want the money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed fund. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such
money remains unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late
customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. I have agreed that 33% of this money will be for you as foreigner
partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account.2% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the business and 65% would be for me,
after which I shall visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as we
arranged,you will furnished me with a good receving account detail where the
money will be transfered,your private tel and fax number for easy
communication.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a text of
the application which you shall retype and fax to our foreign remittance
manager,for easy execution of the transaction.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%
hitch-free on both side. As all required arrangement have been made for the
transfer.
Please I would like you to keep this transaction confidential and as a top
secret as you may wish to know that I am a Bank official .
Trusting to hear from you immediately from this e-mail (musa_us333@yahoo.com
.
Yours Sincerely
MR Musa usman
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