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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: zongo usman25 <zongo_usman47@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:13:26 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
FROM THE DESK OF MR,ZONGO USMANBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,BANK OF AFRICA (B.=
O.A)OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASOPRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIALDear Friend,I am the bi=
ll and exchange manager at the foreign remittance department in bank of afr=
ican(B.O A) I got your email address while searching for trustworthy countr=
ies and individuals.In my department i discovered an abandoned sum of $25m =
Twenty five million US dollars) . In an account that belongs to one of our =
foreign customer who died along with his entire family on Monday, 31 July, =
2000 in accidental plane crash.Since we got information about his death, we=
have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money becau=
se we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or re=
lation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortuna=
tely 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 ther=
efore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business 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 Bil=
l.The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained=
unclamed after Six to Seven years, the money will be transfered into the B=
ank treasury as unclaimed fund.The request of foreigner as next of kin in t=
his business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner an=
d a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 30% o=
f this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provisio=
n of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during =
the business and 60 % would be for me and There after I and my wife with my=
children will visit your country for disbursement according to the percent=
ages indicated.Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to =
you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of k=
in of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, you=
r 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 f=
ail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that yo=
u should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have b=
een made for the transfer.You should contact me immediately as soon as you =
receive this letter to enable this mutual transaction commence ontime becau=
se this fund has over-stayed here in the bank.Trusting to hear from you soo=
nest possible.Yours ZONGO USMANBill and exchange manager,(BANK OF AFRICA)
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