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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)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:02:06 +0100
Subject: FROM MR HASSAN AHMED.
FROM MR HASSAN AHMED.
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.
Dear Friend,
=C2=A0
RE: TRANSFER OF ($7,000.000.00 USD SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS)
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I want to transfer to overseas the sum of ($USD7.M) Seven Million United =
States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa. I would like to ask you to q=
uietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit =
to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c im=
mediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve as far as it=
can receive money.
I am Mr HASSAN AHMED. an accountant and personal confidant to Dr.George B=
rumley who died together with his wife in a plane crash on the July 21st =
2003 on their way to attend wedding in Boston, he is an American, ECOWAS =
CONTRACTOR, he died without having any beneficiary to his assets includin=
g his account here in Burkina Faso which he opened as his personal saving=
s for the purpose of expansion and developement of his company before his=
untimely death in 2003.
The amount involved is (USD$7.M) Seven Million United States Dollars), no=
other person knows about this account. I am contacting you for us to tra=
nsfer this funds to your account as the beneficiary, I want to transfer t=
he whole (USD$7,M) Seven Million United States Dollars) into a safe accou=
nt abroad, 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,B=
ut can only be approved to any foreign a/c because the money is in US Dol=
lars and the former owner of the a/c Dr.George Brumley is a foreigner too=
, and as such the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.
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I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the manageme=
nt is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct info=
rmation of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive res=
ponse and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with =
the inheritance procedures.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total am=
ount,55% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might=
have incurred during the process of transferring. You should observe utm=
ost CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured tha=
t this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I will=
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
=C2=A0
If you are interested reply me immediately you receive this letter:
Trusting to hear from you immediately. i await your urgent. Via Alternati=
ve E-mail Address (hassan_48aahmed02@hotmail.com)
=C2=A0
Sincerely
MR HASSAN AHMED.
Tel / +226 788 771 78
=C2=A0
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