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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: "k_serge02 Gazeta.pl" <k_serge02@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:01:44 +0000
Subject: From Mr Komi....
Dear Friend,
With great pleasure I am writing this proposal to you and i apologize for
any inconvenience it might cause you. However, your email contact was
secured through my search in the internet for a reliable and capable hand to
handle a transaction of this magnitude and i became aware of your
credibility and integrity. Due to the sensitivity of this transaction and my
commitment as a banker, i urge for yourconsent in this great opportunity.
I am Mr Komi Serge, the head ofauditing and accounting section of Banque
Atlantique Lome-Togo. We had aforeign customer, physician by profession and
an owner of a cadbury manufacturing Company here in Lome Togo. Eventually,he
died on 26th December 2004 in Tsunami that happened in Sumatra island
Indonesia while on a vacation, he had deposited a huge sum of $9.5M (Nine
million five hundred thousand USD) which no other person knows about because
this is a sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Bank
and having monitored this deposit and yet nobody has showed up as the next
of kin since after his death, I have removed his file to my private vault.
The request of a foreigner as the next of Kin in this business is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner. This is why I have contacted
you to render assistance in repatriating the money and properties left
behind by this man before they will be confiscated or declared unserviceable
by this Bank. With my position in the bank, i am in possession of every
information our bank here will need to transfer this fund to you which shows
the entire transaction between the deceased and our bank here in relation to
this fund deposit.
I want this money to be transferred into a safe account abroad after which
we will share the proceeds but I don't know any foreigner, I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a
local person here in my country (Togolaise). My constraint is to be able to
source a foreign partner who is honest and trustworthy, that will act as a
Trustee and willing to assist me in this transaction morally and financially
and your share as compensation will be (40%) while (60%) is for me. This
transaction is 100% risk free provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality as it requires. I guarantee you that the entire transaction
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law both in yourcountry.
My intention of writing you through email is because i believe it is very
confidential and personal. Hoping that you will understand and assist
effectively for the success of this transaction and looking forward to
hearing from you. Though this approach appears desperate but i can assure
you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other details you
will need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately answered to
give you on a clearer understanding of it so as to arrive at a successful
conclusion. Waiting for your prompt response.
Best Regards,
Mr Komi Serge.
Auditing & AccountingDepartment
of Banque Atlantique,
Lome-Togo.
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