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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: "Grace Kamlla" <gracekamila@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:52:15 +0000
Subject: Your reply
Mrs Grace Komlla
Branch Manager
Banque Commercail SA Ghana du Togo
Lome Togo
Dear
At the bank where I work as the branch head, I discovered an abandoned sum
of US$4.5m (Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) only,
in an account that belonged to one Late Mr. Raymond Beck.
Late Mr. Raymond Beck from the information available died in the Egypt Air
Flight 990, 1999 plane crash along with his wife - Mrs.Dorene Beck. (
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-99/11-02-99/d08ho174.htm)
Since the discovery, I had expected that the deceased relation(s) would come
over and claim the deceased fund with our bank but uptill today, nobody has
file claim for the release of the deceased fund.
In the deceased deposit documents with my office, the deceased did not
declare any name or person as his next of kin. This has made it difficult
(if not) impossible to trace any of his relations. The British Embassy here
in Lome that has been assisting in tracing the deceased relations had
declared that the supposed next of kin to the deceased may have died along
with the deceased.
According to the Togolese banking law, any abandoned or dormant account over
a period of five years is deemed closed; and all money therein be forfeited
to the government as unclaimed fund. Since I know that corrupt officials in
our government will made away with the deceased fund once forfeited, please
I want to use you and claim the deceased fund. Upon receipt of the fund your
end, both of us share the money.
Our bank will release the deceased fund only if somebody file a claim for
it. And as the branch Manager where the deceased maintain the said account,
I have every access to the deceased records, bank deposit documents and
information needed to claim the money. What I want from you is your trust
and assurance that my part of the fund would not be sit upon by you when the
fund arrives your end.
The transaction would last only for 10 banking days and when the fund is
released to you, 35% would be your share for your kind assistance and
cooperation. 65% of the total amount would be my share
Therefore, if you are interested to work with me, kindly reply this letter
indicating your readiness and interest to cooperate with me. Upon hearing
from you, I shall proceed to give you further details of the transfer
Please treat this proposal as strictly confidential. I would not want
letting you know about this this to cause me problem personal or
proffessionally. Should my request violates your personal ethics and
principle in life, kindly forgive me and delet this message from your email
address without distributing it.
i will be expexting your reply in my private email
address.gracekamlla@yahoo.com
I look forward to hearing from you
Sincerely yours
Mrs Grace Komlla
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