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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: "ame benjamin" <ame_benjamin58@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: ame7_benjamin@myway.com
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:58:05 +0200
Subject: FROM AME BENJAMIN.
Dearerst,
I MAKE THIS APPEAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY FACTS OR OPINION
EXPRESSED BY ME ARE GIVING IN CONFIDENCE AND SOLELY FOR YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION.I am DR.AME BENJAMIN,the manager of bill and exchange at the
foreign remittance department Bank of africa burkinafaso.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of US$8.5M, (Eight Million,
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with account number 14-2558-5976
that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his wife
and only daughter in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight number 261
which crashed on 31 January, 2000. You shall read more about the crash on
visiting this website:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
The Owner of this account is Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great
industrialist and a resident of Alaska.It is therefore upon this discovery
that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and for our bank to
release the money to you.
You have to follow the instruction which I will be send 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 our bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after Three years, the money will be transfered into the
banktreasury as unclaimed fund. The money has now stayed more than three
years and I am preparing documentaion to prove that this money has been
transfered to our bank treasury. It will be between me and you only that
will know that the money is not transfered into our treasure.
This request of foreigner as next of kin in this transaction is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabé cannot standas
next of kin to a foreigner.In appreciation of your assistance, I am offering
you 30% of the total sum. 5% for contingencies (cost of transfer/other
charges) likely to be incurred during the course of transaction, while the
remaining 65% is for me.
Upon receipt of your reply,i will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application which you will complete and forward to our bank asking for
this money to be paid to you as the next of kin to Mr;Morris Thomson. I will
not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all required arrangements have
been made for the transfer.You should contact me immediately as soon as you
receive this mail through the above email.
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SHOULD YOU CONSIDER MY
URGENT REQUEST.
Yours Faithfully,
DR.AME BENJAMIN
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