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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: "Mr.Kingsley Lyte" <mrkingsleylyte@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mrkingsleylyte@excite.com
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:04:00 +0100
Subject: Greetings My Dear
FROM MR KINGSLEY LYTE.
ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING DEPT MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA-COTONOU,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.WEST AFRICA.
Greetings My Dear,
I am Mr KINGSLEY LYTE the manager of Accounting and Auditing dept at the
BANK OF AFRICA-COTONUO, BENIN REPUBLIC.I am writing following the impressive
information about you through an internet business proposal.In my department
I discovered an abandoned sum of US$22M,in an account that belongs to one of
our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in
26/December/2004 IN THE TSUNAMI EARTQUAKE DISASTER.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as
indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately I learnt
that allhis supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him, It is
therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal
to you and so that the bank will 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 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
unclaimed after Five years, the money will be transferred into the bank
treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a Beninois cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 40%
of this money will be for you as a foreign partner,inrespect to the
provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred
during the business and 50% will be for me. There after I will visit your
country for disbursement according 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 or kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account, 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 textof the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this business is hicth-free and that you should not entertain any atom
of fear as allrequired arrangements have been made for the transfer.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Kingsley Lyte
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