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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: "Greg Benjamin" <gregben_g@msn.com>
Reply-To: gregben_g77@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:07:53 +0000
Subject: Hello (Urgent)
From Dr. Greg Benjamin
Bank Of Africa Benin
235 Toppa Road Cotonou
Republic of Benin.
Private / Highly confidential
Attn:
I am Mr. Greg Benjamin General Manager, (Credit
Controls) of Bank of Africa Benin. I am writing
following an opportunity in my office that will be of
immense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
10.5million British Pounds Sterling (Ten million five
hundred thousand British Pounds) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.
Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his
life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife
and only daughter.
Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over
and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or
relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin
being his only daughter Sheryl Thompson died along
with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the
knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is
therefore upon this discovery that I and two other
officials in this department now decided to make
business with you and release the money to you as the
next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety
keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don’t want this money to go back
into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.You shall
read more news about the crash on visiting this site
which I got during my investigation
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that
such money remained after five years the money will be
transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 35 percent of this money would be for
you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for
colleagues and me. I will visit your country for the
disbursement according to the percentages indicated
above once this money gets into your account. Please
honesty and trustworthy is our watchword in this
transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.
As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me
by return mail at my Private Please! Please! I
pray your urgent response. Contact me immediately if
you are ready to claim this fund. Send immediately,
your full Name, Address, Private phone and Fax number
to my private email address so that we can proceed
with the preparation of some legal documents making
you the Next of Kin and the beneficiary of this fund.
We will discuss much in details when I do receive your
response.
Best regards
Dr. Greg Benjamin.
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