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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: jonas_koromah@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:44:53 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TOP=20SECRET?=
FROM THE DESK OF: MR JONAS BACKARY
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA),OUAGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO,WEST AFRICA.
Dear Friend,
(TOP SECRET)
I AM Mr JONAS BACKARY, the director in charge of auditing and accounting
section of Bank Of Africa(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-faso West Africa with
due respect and regard.
I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very
beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction .
During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across
a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on October
31st 1999 in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account
with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from
his family or relation before our discovery to this development.
The said amount was U.S $7.2M (seven million two hundred United States dollars).
As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information through
the Burkina-faso chamber of commerce on foreign business relations here
in Ouagadougou Burkina-faso.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide
next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this
money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed
information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest
and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business
opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in
this country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate
a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during
the time of transfer because I work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who
will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to
the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money
to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification
and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole
money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On
smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the
total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses
that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while
65% will be for me and my partners.
Please, you have been adviced to keep "top secret" as I am still in service
and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm
the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent
sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further
investment, either in your country or any country you advice us to invest
in.
All other necessary vital information will be sent to you when I hear from
you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Jonas backary
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