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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: "mackpharine jack" <mackpharine_jack2@netzero.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: victor_tonyelo@yahoo.co.it
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:21:54 -0700
Subject: GET BACK TO ME.
Dear Sir,
In order to transfer out (USD 45 MILLION) Forty Five million United States Dollars from MIDDLE BANK OF AFRICA BENIN [MBA]. I have the courage to ask or your assistance to handle this important and confidential business Believing that you will never let me down either now or in future. I am Dr. Don Mikey,an auditor in MIDDLE BANK OF AFRICA, BENIN [M.B.A]. There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has operated on this account again.After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money outurgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. DESTIN PAL, a foreigner, and a miner at D&D INVESTMENT CO., a geologist by profession and he died since 1990. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation provedto me as well that this company does not know anythingabout this account and the amount invo
lved is (USD45M) Forty Five million United States Dollars). I want to transfer the [USD45M] Forty Five million united States Dollars into a safe foreigners account 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 bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money isin us dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr.DESTIN PAL is a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know our selves before,but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. I only got your contact address from my secretary who operates computer with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. You are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be u
sed for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can transfer this money
to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country so at least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of trans
ferring. I look forward to your earliest reply.
GOD BLESS YOU. Yours Truly,
Dr. Don Mikey.
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