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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: "Mr. Roger Kokou" <roger.kokou@colacao.es>
Reply-To: r_kokou@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:39:21 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,This will help us and our family at this time of global
financial crisis.
Dear Friend.
Compliment of the season.
My name is Mr. Roger Kokou, I am the Director General of Bank Regional
de Solidarity - Benin (BRS-Benin) situated in the 144, Avenue van vollen
hoven Quarter Zongo in Benin Republic.
Our Establishment is a community Oriented Facility that helps the rural
area (s) in development and Financial Services. In 2003, a contract was
awarded by the World Health Organization (WHO) to a Foreign Construction
Company to develop a number of cottage hospitals in my country. The
capital meant for this project was deposited in my bank as it was the
only financial institution in that locality. With my position as the
Director General of the Bank, I traded with the money in the Benin Stock
Market and made a profit of an amount Four Million, Eight Hundred &
Fifty Thousand Euros (€4.850, 000.00) in not less than five years.
I made no mistake by depositing this profit in an Escrow account in my
Bank, I drew up a draft that made the money seem to be own by a
foreigner pending on the notification of an appointed person, next of
kin or a new beneficiary that will contact the Bank for the withdraw of
his or her money. With the power bestowed on me as the Director General
of this Bank, I’m contacting you to assist me in presenting you to my
Bank as the beneficiary and owner of this money deposited in escrow
account here in my Bank, so that the deposited money will be transfer to
your account.
My Bank in question is under financial crisis that just rocked the stock
market all over the world and I do not want a situation whereby my hard
earn money will be confiscated, taken to the Bank Treasury or get
confiscated. I need your help so that this money will be transfer to a
safer Bank in your country. I risk losing this money if I did not
appoint a beneficiary that will stand and put claim on this money. I
cannot present myself as the owner of this money because I am still
working with the Bank and it is not allowed in my country for an
individual working as a civil servant to own such amount of money, I
will have questions to answer in my Bank how I made such amount of
money, which may cost me losing the money and losing my job too if I do
put claim.
Do send to me your telephone number for an easy communication if you
accept my offer, assure and guarantee me that you will help me, I will
offer you 15% of the total amount as compensation.All the necessary and
original documents and proof of this deposited money are kept secretly
in my house and I shall scan them to you and will also give you more
details on how we will execute this transaction legitimately. If you do
not accept to work with me for the betterment of our future and that of
our children and family, Please do not bother to reply.
Hope to hear from you soonest. You can contact me through my private
mobile number: +229 98761940.
Yours truly,
Mr. Roger Kokou
Director General
BRS BANK BENIN.
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