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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: "Mr. Mark Sipho" <masipho@worldemail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:11:26 +0300
Subject: Re thanks for your concern
BANK OF AFRICA (OMBSA)
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Telephone (27 735136063)
Email: mark_sipho@remittancedept-oldmutual.com
My Dear Friend,
I am the AUDITIING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA (OMBSA) here in
Johannesburg, South Africa. In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of USD$18.5m(Eighteen million Five Hundred United States
Dollars).in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer(Andreas
Schranner
from Munich, Germany)who died along with his entire family on Monday,31
July,2000, in a plane crash. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Since we got
information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come
over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body
applies for it as next of kin or
relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws
but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation
died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the
claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody
is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury
as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if
such money remained unclaimed after fours years, the money will be
transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a South African cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the
provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for charity
organization and 5% also set aside for expense incurred during the business
and 55% would be for me Thereafter, I
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage
indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of
the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and
location where in the money will be remitted. Upon
receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
application.
I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free and
that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements
have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately you receive my letter through my
private telephone 27 735136063. I promise to foot every expensive that we
might incur in this venture and promise not to ask a penny from you. Please
do not respond if not interested.
Trusting to hear from you.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Mark Sipho
Chief Auditor (OMBSA)
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