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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: "FROM HENRY THOMAS" <h_th88@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: h_th44@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:06:18 +0000
Subject: URGENT DEAL, READ AND REPLY FAST
BOA)BANK OF AFRICA
770, Avenue de la Résistance du 17 mai,
01 BP 1319, Ouagadougou burkina faso
hello my dear,
I will like to solicit your kind help in a business
proposition, which
is by nature very confidential and a Top Secret.
i was browsing on my computer and my innermost spirit
directed me to you that you are the right person that
i can do this transaction with hoping you will not let me down.
I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any
one worried
and apprehensive but I am assuring you not to worry, as all
will be well at the end of this endeavor.also in a transactio like
this, it has to do with a lot o trust
I am Mr henry thomas , a supervisor,customer service
with the
bank of africa here in burkina faso and I have
decided to seek your help in transfer of a huge sum of
money requiring maximum confidence. .
THE PROPOSITION
A foreigner, Dr. Rigobeto Fijimori who we beleive was an
oil merchant and a big time contractor to several african
governments. Until his death onboard the ill fated Kenyan
Airways bus {A310300}, he was our customer and had a balance of US$ 15 Million
( fifteen Million United States Dollars) which the
bank now expects his next of kin to claim as the
beneficiary.
i have made valuable efforts to get his people to no avail
as he had
no known relatives, due to this development our management
and our board of directors are making arrangements for the
funds to be declared unclaimed and subsequently paid into
the banks treasury.
Meanwhile, to avert this negative development with my position in the
bank, i have decided to contact you to
act as the next of kin to late Dr. so that the funds will
be released and paid into your account and this is where
you come in. i will maka a change to your name as the beneficiary to this fund
All documents to aid your claim will be
provided by me .so that as soon as this is done, i will start making
plans on how to come over to your country for sharing.30% will be for you.
please my dear friend, remeber to keep this transaction secret .and also, trust
is needed
get back to me as quick as possible.
Warm personal regards.
mr henry thomas
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