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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: francis1adams@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:01:29 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Happy=20Christmas=2E?=
FROM MR.FRANCIS ADAM DIRECTOR
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
BANK OF AFRICA BENIN REPUBLIC.
I am Mr.Francis Adam,Director Bank Of Africa Benin Republic Auditing and
Accounting Unit.
I honestly apologize and hope I do not cause you much embarasement by contacting
you through this means for a transaction of this magnitude.Due to the confidentiality
and prompt access reposed on this medium, it became necessary for me to
seek your assistance and it is imperative for me to know your opinion In
this business opportunity.
In my department where i work, I discovered an abandoned sum of (USD$10.5M,000.000.00.
dollars) (Ten Million Five Hundred thousand US dollars) . In an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire
family in 31st october 2002 in a plane crash. 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 somebody applies for it as
next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines
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 decided to make this businness
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 I dont 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 eight 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 Beninoise cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect
to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business and 60 % would be 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, but the
major problem is that the account is dormant for so many years so it need
to be reactiaveted first before the bank can transfer the fund to your account,you
must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, 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 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.
Waiting to hear from you immediately.
Please,kindly contact me through this email address:francis20adam@hotmail.com
Best regards.
Mr.Francis Adam.
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