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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ogbonnaahmed1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:19:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: INFORMATION LETTER.
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ogb_ahmed013@yahoo.com
- I AM THE MANAGER BILL AND EXCHANGE OF THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT .(I.B.A) LOME-TOGO. I am writing, following the impressive information about your profile through website, Your capability and reliability to champion this opportunity. In my department, i discovered an abandoned sum of US$6.9 million (SIX MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND US Dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in September, 2004 in a plane crash.Since i got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of Kin to come over and claim his money because the bank can not release it unless somebody applies for it as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking and financial policies but unfortunately i learnt that his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him in the accident leaving no body behind to claim the money. It is therefore upon this discovery that I 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 i dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed bills. The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigene cannot stand as next of kin to the deceased family. I agreed that 30% of this money will be for you a foreign partner,in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for expense incurred during this transaction 2% will be used for charitable services and the balance would be for me . Thereafter 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 of kin of the deceased indicating 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 e-mail the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me on MY E-MAIL as soon as you receive this letter. I decided to contact you as you have products of interest in your part of the world where i can invest our own percentage to avoid peoples awareness as i am a civil servant. We can conclude this operation within fourteen 14 banking days. Please keep this very confidential. Contact me for more information, all confirmable before you apply if you want. May God be with you. Trusting to hear from you shortly for a detailed information which are confirmable before you can makeup your mind to apply.Yours faithfully, MR. OGBONNA AHMED.
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