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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: "PHILLIP USMAN" <phillip_usman01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:01:59 +0000
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY SOONEST.
FROM THE DESK OF MR. PHILLIP USMAN.
BILLS AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of BANK OF Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$15.2m dollars (Fifteen
Million Two Hundred Thousand US dollars) in an account that belongs to one
of our foreign Customer (MR. KATTEN HEE from Munich, Germany) who died along
with
His entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.
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 foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Burkina be 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 expenses incurred during the business
and 60% 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
the 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 as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
MR. PHILLIP USMAN.
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
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