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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: miss_aminatazongo <miss_aminatazongo@voila.fr>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:55:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL



FROM THE DESK OF DR.AMINATA ZONGO.
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BURKINA
OUGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.
Dear Sir,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remmittance department of Banque International du Burkina. Iam writing following the impressive information about you through on of my friends who runs aconsultancy firm in your country. He assured me of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US $25.500 dollars(twenty fives million five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foriegn customer who died along with his entirer family in American World trade center bomb attack of 11th september 2001.
Since w got informatio n about hisdeath, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at American World trade center bomb attack of 11th september 2001.leaving no body behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials 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 decease for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me and my
collegues. There after I and my collegues will visit your country for
disbursment according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of thid fund to you as arrange, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next or kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in 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 business is hicth-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 immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
MISS AMINATA ZONGO.
Manager,


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