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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: "ken kotangora" <ken_kotangora36@superposta.com>
Reply-To: kotangorak@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:37:52 +0200
Subject: From The Desk Of Mr Ken Kotangora.
*From The Desk Of Mr Ken Kotangora.
The Head Of File Department,
African Development Bank (A.D.B).
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West Africa.
PLANE CRASH WEB SITE...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm. *
* ** ("REMITTANCE OF $15 MILLION U..S.A DOLLARS)
(CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")*
*
Compliments Of The Season,
**Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may
offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and
writing through this channel.I got your contact from the proffesional data
base found in the internet Yahoo tourist search.When i was searching for a
foreign reliable partner.I assured of your capability and reliability to
champion this business opportunity..
After series of prayers/fasting.i was divinely directed to contact you among
other names found in the data base Yahoo tourist search..I believe that God
has a way of helping who is in need.
I am (Ken Kotangora),the Head of file Department in African development bank
(ADB).* *In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $15 million
U.S.A dollars ( fifteen million U.S.A dollars) . In an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in
(Monday 31st July 2000) 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 along side with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.*
**
*It is therefore upon this discovery that I and one official in my
department 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 we 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 seven 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
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 40% of
this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision
of a foreign account,and 60% would be for me and my woman colleague. *
**
*That means ($6 million) six million dollars for you,and ($9 million) nine
million dollars for me and my partner.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 relations or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where 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 risk free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear
as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. *
**
*Your's faithfully, *
**
*KEN KOTANGORA**. *
*(private email (
kotangorak@yahoo.fr<http://fr.mc284.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kotangorak@yahoo.fr>
)*
*FROM (ADB) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.
GOD BLESSINGS,PROTECTIONS AND GUIDIANCE TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. *
*
(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME).
*
*1) Your Full Name..............................
2) Your Age........................................
3) Marital Status.................................
4) Your Cell Phone Number..............
5) Your Fax Number.......................
6) Your Country.................................
7) Your Occupation.............................
8) Sex..................................................
9) Your Religion..................................
10) Your Private E-mail Adress...........
POST SCRITUM:You have to keep everything secret as to enable the transfer to
move very smoothly in to the account you will prove to the bank.As you
finished reading this letter reply to me immediately so that we discuss very
well over this business.*
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