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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: fraada@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:18:01 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Very=20very=20important=20=26=20urgent=20reply=20a=20s=20a=20p=2E?=
FROM THE DESK OF:
DR. FRAADAMOU MEMOUMATOU.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
COTONOU-REP.OF BENIN.
(WEST AFRICA)
DEAR FRIEND ,
My name is Fraadamou Memoumatou. I am the credit manager in a bank here
in the Republic of Benin. I am contacting you with regard to transfer of
a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction
of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you that everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the
end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner who died in an air crash along with
his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other
passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below
which was published by CNN.WEBSITE. http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Since his death, none of his next-of-kins has come forward to put claims
for this money as his heir,because they all died in the same accident himself
and his wife(May their soul rest in peace).Though, the bank has made several
publications to locate the family members, but all was not successful.We
cannot release the funds from his account unless someone applies for claim
as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission tohave you stand as a next
of kin to the deceased, as all arrangements will be carefully worked out
by me for the funds (US$10,500,000.00) to be released in your favour as
the beneficiary's next of kin. Because after five years the money will be
called back to the bank's treasury account as unclaimed bills and the money
shared amongst the directors of the bank. So it was as a result of this,we
conceived the idea of searching for a foreigner who can apply as the next
of kin/beneficiary.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate division
an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavor by furnishing me with the following informations, if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name? In order for me to prepare the
document for transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers. For our personal contact and mutual
trust in each other. We shall be compensating you with 25% on final conclusion
of this project, we have set aside 5% for expenses and 70% shall be for
my colleagues and I.
I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal
is acceptable by you,please endevour to contact me immediately. Do not take
undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you.
Write me further emails via- fraadamou@6k2.com for confidencial purpose.or
reach me on phone 00229 -68 74 65 for immediate correspondence.
Best Regards,
DR.Fraadamou Memoumatou.
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