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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: "Madam Joy Bintu." <madam_joy@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: madam_joy@ourwest.com
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:54:27 +0000
Subject:
Dear Beloved,
I got your email address through my internet search,i contacted you because i belive that you are the one capeble for this transaction.Below is the business proposal go true it well and get back to me,so we can proceed immediately.
First may i start by introducing my self to you.I am the Bill And Exchange Manager at the Foreign Remittance Department Of African Development Bank (ADB) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $10.3m dollars (Ten million three hundred US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash. For More Information Visite The Site Below.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
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 some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't 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 five years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe can not stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me .Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage 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 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 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 Faithfuly
Mrs Loveth Bintu
Bill and exchange manager,
ADB Bank
Please note,reply should be sent to my private email address. madam_joy@ourwest.com
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