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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: aliibrahim_1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:29:17 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IT=20IS=20ME=20ALI=20IBRAHIM=2C?=
FROM THE DESK OF ALI IBRAHIM,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.WEST AFRICA
Pls, REPLY ME WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
(ibrahimali1@hotmail.com)
Dear Sir,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of african development bank (ADB). I crave your indulgence as i contact
you in such a surprising manner. But I respectfully insist you read this
letter carefully as I am optimistic it will open doors for unimaginable
financial rewards for both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of Twenty One Million Three
Hundred Thousand US dollars (US$21.3m) only , in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in
November 2000 in a plan crash. Since we got information about his death,
we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money
because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin
or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately
we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along with
him at the plan crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you so that the money could be released to you as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and i dont want this money to go into the bank treasury
as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as "unclaimed fund". The request for a foreigner as next of kin
in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that
30% 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% would be for me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or
next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,your bank account
number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication
and location wherein 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 transaction is hitch 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,
ALI IBRAHIM,
Bill and exchange manager,
African Development bank ADB
Pls, REPLY ME WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
(ibrahimali1@hotmail.com)
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