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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: "Edward Williams" <dr_edwilliams13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_edwilliams04@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:32:10 +0100
Subject: From;Dr.Edward Williams:---Reply Urgently.
FROM THE DESK OF DR.EDWARD WILLIAMS,
ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING DEPT MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BENIN-COTONOU,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN,WEST AFRICA.
PRIVATE EMAIL:ADDRESS;edywills@mail.ru
PRIVATE PHONE;+229-97720133
Dear Friend,
I am Dr.Edward Williams the manager of Accounting and Auditing dept at the
INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BENIN-COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC.I am writing following
the impressive information about you through an internet buisiness proposal.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $15m,Us dollars Fifteen
million dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foriegn customer
who died along with his entirer family in 26 December 2003
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html)
Since we got information about his death,we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlines and laws,but unfortunately I learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at the
plane clash leaving no body behind for the claim.It is therefore upon this
discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and so that
the bank will 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 I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed
bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after Five years,the money will be transfered into the bank
treasure as unclaimed fund.The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Beninois cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 35% of this
money will be for you as a foreign partner,in respect to the provision of a
foreign account, 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
business and 60% will be for me and my coleague.There after I will visit
your country for disbursment according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore,to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arrange,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next or kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account and location where in
the money will be remitted, your private telephone and fax number is highly
needed for easy and effective communication.Upon receipt of your reply,i
will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is hicth-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 as soon as you receive this letter on my
private email address above.Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Edward Williams.
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