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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: frank john <anjilo_madu@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 10:13:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
From The Desk of
The Auditing Director
Ecowas Bank For Investment and Development
Lome Togo
Attn:,
With due respect, i wish this letter will not come to you as a surprise. I am MR.ANJILO MADU the auditing director of Ecowas Bank For Investment and Development,lome Togo Office.
We had a foreign customer(name Mr Harrison Thompson)who deposited a huge sum of money(US$16.5million United States dollars)with our bank.
Eventually, this customer was among the victims of EGYPT AIR BOEING 767 FLIGHT NO 990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999,since then we have not had anybody coming for this claims as the next of kin. And i have been
monitoring this account with my position here in the bank for the past two years.
I was monitoring this account/funds and managed it over the years before his death and from the information that i have garderd he died along
side with the wife and a surposed next of kin which is their only son hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past two year plus now I have removed security file jacket to my private vault.
I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has beenconcluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his/her account This does not have any risk attached to it as all his secret information that will be required from you by the bank is with me right now over here I
therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with details on how to proceed to the bank.
Your interest will be negotiable before we commence the operation.
I look forward to hear from you so as to enable us forge ahead and work like brothers to achieve this mutual benefit.
Kind Regards.
MR.ANJILO MADU
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