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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: "Dr.Sani Ibrahim" <dr_sani_ibrahim@mail2arabic.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 23:47:00 +0400
Subject: GREETINGS FROM UAE.
STRATEGY DEPARTMENT
MASHREQ BANK P.S.C
DUBAI
UNITED ARAB EMIRATE.
ATTN: GREETINGS FROM U.A.E
Before I introduce myself,I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious.I am Dr.Sani Ibrahim,a banker with the Mashreq Bank Psc in Dubai,UAE.I am the Accounts officer of late Mr.Michael j.Brown the African Area Director of SIL International,who unfortunately died in the crash of Kenya Airways Flight 431 in Abidjan, IvoryCoast,January 30 2000.You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website,news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2000/kenya2000.htm l and also in this website, where Michael's company talked about his death in the Kenya crash.Mr.Michael Brown was from Hamilton,Ontario Canada.
Since the death of Michael,I as his accounts officer in the bank,have made several enquiries to
locate his only surviving relation,without any success.I came across your name and contact,on the course of my personal searching for reliable and honest person whom will transact this business with me so i decided to contact you for this project.I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit account by Michael,before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank.
The board of my bank,has issued a notice that after 2 months from now and no next of kin shown up for the claim,the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.Since I and my team have been unsuccessful in locating Michael's relatives for sometime now,I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner,so that the proceed of this deposit valued at $USD24.6 Million Dollars can be released to you.
The bank will release the funds to any foreigner who has a related information/documents to the
bank account.I am in charge of this matter in my bank,because I am his accounts officer. Your
application will be directed to my department for verification and approval.
Everything is under my control.I shall also involve a good attorney who shall represent you in all the appropriate offices for the claim.I also have all necessary information we need for the claim and once the money is transferred to you,I shall destroy all the documents used for the claim and leave no traces.
After everything,I will offer you 20% of the total money while 10% will be used to cover any
expenses which we will both incure in the in the cost of securing the abandoned funds and 70% will be for me and my partner in the bank.
All requires is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business successful.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Michael was a very good man and it is not wise to allow his hard earned wealth to be stolen by the greedy directors of my bank.
Further details awaits your response at (drsani_ibrahim@investmentmanagers.com)PLEASE,TREAT THIS
PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Best Regards,
Dr.Sani Ibrahim.
Banker (00971 50 8877 192)
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