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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: "mike sawa" <mikesawa8@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:45:31 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
FROM THE DESK OF DR MIKE SAWA.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER.
AVENUE DE LA RESISTANCE DU 17 MAI.
BANK OF AFRICA. BURKINA FASO.01 BP 362.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
OUAGADOUGOU ,01 BURKINA FASO.
DEAR SIR.
I am the manager of bill and exchange of the foreign remittance
department,(B.O.A) BANK OF AFRICA Burkina ,
Sir i am trusting this deal to you buy faith and hope that you will handle
it without know problem .In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
US $10.m (Ten million US dollars ) In an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family in january 12th 2000
in a plane crash with (kenya air line)in cote d'voire, abijan.
Since we got information about his death , we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim this money because we can not release it to
any person unless somebody apply to the bank as a next of kin or relation to
the deceased customer as it is indicated in our banking guidelines
and laws , unfortunately , we discovered that the only next of kin died
alongside with him a prolitical problem being his only daughter left nobody
or relation for claim.
It is therefor upon this discovery I decided to make this business proposal
to you as a foreigner and for you to stand as the next of kin or a relation
to deceased person for and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for the claim and I don’t want this money to go into the bank’s treasury as
unclaimed bill fund .
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasion the
fact that the customer is a foreigner , a Burkinabecan not stand as a next
of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 35% of this money will be for your as foreigner partner in
respect to the provision of a foreign account , 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business , 60% will be for me thereafter, I
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage
involved asindicated .
To enable the immediate transfer of this money to your private account You
have to apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased
customer .
For me to be re-assured that you will not betrayed me i want you to send to
me your full datas as stated below.
Your full name.
Your house resident address .
Your telephone number.
And you national identity card
Upon receipt of your reply , I will send to you the text of the application
that you will use to apply to the bank as next of kin I will not fail to
bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%hitch free and do not
entertain any fear as all required arrangement has been made for the
transfer .
Trusting to hear from you as soon as possible .
Your’s faithfully
MIKE SAWA
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