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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: "mrs awa" <mrs_awa0012@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:29:59 +0000
Subject: URGENT
FROM THE DESK OF MRS AWA ABU
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA).
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
EMAIL CONTACT; mrs_awa01@yahoo.com
WEB SITE OF PLANE CRASH;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
ATTEN;
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance bank of
africa(BOA).I got your full detail contact through my personal computer
while in search of a trustworthy person that can assist me in this
transaction.In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $15m US
dollars (fiften Millon US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family in a concord plane
crash in the year 2000 in paris
that almost took the whole life of the pasengeres on board.Since we got the
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 somebody
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that 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
businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next kin or
relation to the deceased costumer 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 guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclamed after seven years, the money will be transfered into the Bank
treasury account 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 Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 40
% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the
provision of a foreign account, while 60 % is for me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement accoding to the
percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to you as 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 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 that 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.
MRS AWA ABU
(Bill and exchange manager) .
BANK OF AFRICA
EMAIL CONTACT; mrs_awa01@yahoo.com
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