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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: "staff staff" <staff.staff5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahudu_2009@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:44:51 +0000
Subject: DEAR PARTNER
*FROM THE DESK OF MR AHUDU USMAN,
AUDITOR MANAGER BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. *
* *
*Good day, I hope you would not find this intrusive but first, may I humbly
solicit your confidence in this transaction because of its nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret. But I am assuring you that you shall be
very happy at the end of the day.*
* **I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as
I wish to repose my trust and confidence on your discreteness and ability in
transaction of this nature. Let me start by introducing my self properly to
you, my name is Mr. Ahudu Usman, I am the regional Bank Manager of the Bank
Of Africa (BOA).**I came to know about you in my Private Search for a
reliable and reputable foreigner to handle this Confidential Transaction.*
* **I am 55years of age and married with 2 lovely children. It may interest
you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTERGRITY; I only hope we can
assist each other.*
* I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the regional Auditor General Bank Of Africa (BOA). it is my duty to send in
a financial report to my head
office at the end of each year.*
** *On the course of the year 2005 end of year report, I discovered that an
excess profit of Eleven million three hundred thousand dollars [$11.3
Millions USA DOLLARS] which my head office are not aware of and will never
be aware of. I have since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
without any beneficiary.
As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,
this is why I am contacting you for us to work so that you can assist and
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. The sharing of
the fund is thus: 45% for you 45% for me and the remaining 10% for any Tax
or Vat expenses incurred in this transaction.*
** *Note that there are practically no risks involved in this transaction
as it is 100% risk free and legally bonded, it will be bank to bank
transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
this fund who made the deposit with Bank Of Africa (BOA).*
** * so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank
account.** If you accept this offer to work with me, if you find this
proposal suitable for you,*
** *please send me the following information of yours: ** **Your full Name,
Occupation and position, Date of birth and your age, Marital status, Home
or office address, Your private telephone
Numbers and fax.
I will appreciate it very much, If this proposal is acceptable by you, do
not make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I assure
you that we can achieve it successfully.
Best regards,*
*Mr Ahudu Usman*
*AUDITOR MANAGER BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. *
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