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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: "Mr Donald Kaberuka" <afdebkgh@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:43:07 +0000
Subject: Re Your Transaction
>From Office of the President
African Development Bank,
Ecowas Building, Abuja Nigeria
4th Nov 2005
Subject.Money Transaction in Africa
I am Mr. Donald Kaberuka, The president African Development Bank, This is to
bring to your notice that my office has taking over all the international
money transaction originated from any part of African countries as contract
payment, Lottery winning or fund inheritance (Next Of Kin) due to several
complains from fund beneficiaries concerning excessive demand of up front
payment from
some corrupt officials of the financial institutions, The African
development bank (ADB) is an International Financial Institution created by
Africans in 1963 to promote the Economic and social development in the
African countries.www.afdb.org
How ever I am contacting you following the circulated report on the above
mentioned as your Name appears in one of the file forwarded to my office for
acknowledgment. I have hereby acknowledged the receipt of your file, Hence
your money would be delivered to you in your door step through a diplomatic
means by one of our diplomat. Further more note that commercial banks or
security companies are not authorised to transfer money above one million
five hundred thousand dollars out of this country without my permission to
avoid more illegal money transaction here in Africa.
Your money will be concelled in two metal boxes and will be labelled as
personal belonging so as to obtain full diplomatic coverage to ensure a
hitch free delivery to your address,we apologise for the delay in receiving
your over due money.
THE MODE OF OUR OPERATION IS AS FOLLOWS.
1.You are to inform me the nearest airport to your location to enable us
enrout the diplomatic ticket correctly and also send first and second page
of your international passport or any other Identification for
Identification purposes on the arrival of the diplomat in your air port as
we would also forward copy of the diplomatic passport to you.
2.You presence would be needed at the airport to receive the diplomat on his
arrival so that both of you would move straight to your bank in lodging your
money into your norminated bank account as you would be required to endourse
certain vital document confirming the intact receipt of your fund.
Finally, Upon confirmation of your readiness to receive your money by
providing the above stated informations, We shall start proccessing the
neccessary documentation towards the safe delivery of the consignment to you
in your country and the keys of the boxes including the fund delivery
document which has already been secured in your favor would be sent to you
through a courier company.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Mr. Donald Kaberuka, (President ADB)
Tel: 234 8026822896
Private Email: afdebkng@msn.com
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