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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: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Mr.=20Samson=20Eke?=" <sameke111@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: sameke2@myway.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 18:15:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PLEASE TREAT URGENTLY.
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: sameke111@yahoo.co.uk
PLEASE TREAT URGENTLY.
From: Mr. Samson Eke.
Dear Sir/Madam.
I am Mr. Samson Eke, The Assistant manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of one of the leading banks in West Africa.However I am writing these letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this transaction opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of $12,500,000.00 (Twelve million five hundred thousand United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and a daughter in October 31,1999. On a plane crash of October 31,1999[With Egyptian airline 990]with other passengers.Please confirm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to apply and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund.Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered the maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus,30% for you as foreign partner,20% for the establishment of charity organization for the less previlaged and 50% for us the officials in my department.
We require you to immediately indicateyour interest by providing the below informations
1.Your Full Name
2.Your Personal Telephone/Fax Number
3.Your Age and Your Profession
This will enable us send you a claim application form which you have to fill andsend to the bank as the next of kin for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.
ASSURANCE:
Personally I have every documents that will enable us put the claim forward and inherit the fund nevertheless this transaction is legal.
Moreso my bank will effect the payment to any one who will apply for the claim to the depositor as long as the person has the required documents andinformation regarding this fund.
I have all the required information and documents in my possession which I will send to you when required by the bank.Please I would appreciate if you will keep it away from the knowledge of the bank that I am providing you with the required information.
I look forward to receiving your prompt response to enable us proceed.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.Samson Eke.
- Mr. Samson Eke
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