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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: "A.K.A SONOU" <a_sonou3@msn.com>
Reply-To: a_sonou3@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:07:33 +0000
Subject: Urgent Information Needed Please
FROM:MR.A.K.A SONOU
GLOBAL BANK PLC,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN
WEST AFRICA.
Dear Friend,
I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable me carry
out an urgent business Opportunity in my department. I work with the GLOBAL
BANK PLC BENIN ;currently I am in charge of bills and exchange at the
foreign remittance department of my bank. I was the account
officer to one Mr & Mrs MARKUS who worked wtih Chevron Oil company ,Who died
along with his wife in the December 25th, 2003 Air Crash in Benin Republic.
He left in his domiciliary account the amout of $15.5 million(Fifteen
million five hundred thousand USA Dollars).Since the management got the
information of his death we have been expecting any of his relation or his
next of kin to come up and claim his money.
Unfortunately from the day of his death till the time of this letter none of
hisrelation or friends has come up for the claim.The banking and financial
law ofGLOBAL BANK PLC BENIN stipulates that if such fund remained unclaimed
after a period of (35) months it will be lost to the
bank as unclaimed deposit.
On this note, I now decided to do business with you and release the money to
you as the next of kin to the deceased for subsequent disbursement among
us.I will soon proceed for my retirement leave, and I personally do not want
this fund to be lost to the bank. That is why I wanted the fund to be move
out of the bank before I proceed on my retirement from the banking services.
The need for a foreigner as next of kin in this project is occasioned by the
fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Beninnois will not perfectly
fit in as his next of kin or heir. I have agreed that 30% of the Fund would
be foryou as foreign partner,thereafter I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
To enable the immediate transfer of the fund into your nominated account,
youwould have to fill the bank application form for such claim as the next
of kinto the deceased. There you will designate your bank account where the
moneywill be remitted. Upon receipt of your mail indicating
your interest, I will send to you a copy of the application form and the
Account/ Deceased information you would need to fill it.Send your direct Fax
and telephone numbers for effective communication that this transaction
needs.Please note that you are not to appear in person, as every thing
regarding this project will be strictly handled by a lawyer and every
banking
documents needed for this transaction will be taken care of by lawyer.
PLEASE VIEW THE WEBSITE.
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Hope to hear from you soonest.
Yours Faithfully,
MR A.K.A SONOU.
GLOBAL BANK PLC COTONOU
REP OF BENIN WEST AFRICA
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