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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: fredyfaji@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:00:05 +0100
Subject: FROM ALFRED FIFAJI
FROM ALFRED FIFAJI
THE HEAD OF FILE DEPARTMENT, AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC, WEST AFRICA
TELEPHONE: 00229 97068111
STRICTLY PERSONAL
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we
have never met before. My name is Alfred Fifaji. I am the
bill and exchange manager in African Development Bank. I
hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confidence that I am about to repose in you for the mutual
benefit of our families.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our Bank
(Mr Jang Seajoon) who perished along with his next of kin
with Korean Air Line, flight number 801 with the whole
passengers on 6th of august 1997 and for your perusal you
can view this site:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this our customer, I personally have
watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all
has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of
US$35M (Thirty five million United States Dollars) which has
been with our branch for a very long time.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be
used as the Next of Kin since nobody is coming for the fund
again. The Banking ethics here do not allow such money to
stay more than 11 years, because the money will be recalled
to our Banks treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.
In view of this, I contacted a friend of mine who works with
the Chamber of Commerce and Industries to assist me in
getting a reliable and trusted partner who would submit an
application as the next of kin or business partner to the
late customer of the bank.
The reason for a foreigner in the business is for the fact
that the deceased man was a foreigner and it is not
authorized by the law guiding our Bank for a citizen of this
country to make the claim of the fund.So the request for you
as a foreigner to come into the business is necessary, it
will facilitate the release and transfer of the funds
smoothly to your nominated bank account as the only
surviving relation/partner to the deceased.
If you can conveniently assure me of your ability to keep
this business very secret and confidential, you can write
back to me giving me your telephone/fax numbers so that I
can send to you the specimen application for claims which
you have to send to our bank. Please, note that upon the
successful transfer of the funds to your bank account, you
shall be entitled to 30% of the total funds while the rest
will be given to me on arrival in your country.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business
is risk free and doesn't have any negative implication. You
should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the
smooth and easy transfer of this fund have been finalized.
This transaction will be completed within 14 bank working
days immediately we start the business.
Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete if
you are not interested.
Regards,
Alfred Fifaji
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