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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: "Tony Uzor" <tonyuzorma@msn.com>
Reply-To: tonyuzorma11@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:04:53 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST THIS FUNDS IN UR HAND?
FROM: THE DESK OF DR. TONY UZORMA.
DIRECTOR, CREDIT CONTROL,
BANK OF AFRICA PLC.
BAMAKO MALI.
PRIVATE MAIL:tonyuzorma11@yahoo.com
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU
DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER,CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED
WHICH COULD MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE.
LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM DR. TONY UZORMA I AM THE
DIRECTOR CREDIT CONTROL, BANK OF AFRICA PLC.BAMAKO MALI.
I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE
IN BAMAKO MALI CHAMBER OF COMMENCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT
YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS
BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE
EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE ENGINEER THEOPHILUS BAKER, A GOLD
MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MALI HERE IN BAMAKO, UNTIL HIS
DEATH, OVER A YEAR AGO, WAS A VICTIM OF A KENYA AIRWAYS: BUS (A310-300)
FLIGHT KQ430 PLANE CRASH. THE DECEASED, ENGNIEER THEOPILIUS BAKER, BANKED
WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT JULY 2003 WORTH OF $4.5M (FOUR
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOSAND USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN
TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY BANK OF
AFRICA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE BAKER'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO
SUCCESS.
BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ENGNIEER
THEOPILUS'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR
CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO
BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT.
IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS THE
NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE ENGR. THEOPILUS BAKER SO THAT THE FUNDS, WILL BE
RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN
TO THE DECEASED.
ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN
CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE DIFFERENT OFFICES
CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. IT
HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 20%
OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 75% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET
EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH US ONLY BY E-MAIL,
FOR MORE INFORMATION. IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH TO ME,
BECAUSE OF POOR TELECOMUNICATION SYSTEM HERE IN BAMAKO. PLEASE KEEP TRYING
YOU WILL DEFINITELY GET THROUGH.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR. TONY UZORMA
BANK OF AFRICA,
BAMAKO MALI.
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