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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: "mustafa maleku" <mustafa_maleku120@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:03:54 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR MUSTAFA MALEKU
FROM THE DESK OF MR MUSTAFA MALEKU.
MANAGER BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA BOA ANNEX
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
Dear friend,
I hope that this letter will not be a surprise to you. My name is MUSTAFA
MALEKU. I am the manager of Bill and Exchange at the Foriegn Remittance
department of BANK OF AFRICA BOA ANNEX Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of $11.3 (eleven million
three hundred thousand us dollas) in an Account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer MR SAYED HASSAN AWALI FROM AMAN JORDAN. who died along with
his entire family in November 2000 in a plane 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 the next of kin or a relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlines but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department 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 dont want
this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The Banking law and guidline here stipulate that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years,the money will be transferred into the Bank
Treasury as unclaimed Bill.
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 claim the money.
We are therefore soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the next
of kin.
We have agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as the beneficiary in
respect of the provision of your Account and services rendered, 65% would
be for me and my collegues while 5% will be for expencses incured during
the cause of the transaction If the money is transferred to your Account
from Bank of Africa, I and the two colleagues involved in this transaction
will proceed immediately to your country for our own share of the money.
I expect you to keep this business strictly onfidential and secret as you
may wish to know that we are Bank officials.
Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free on both side and every
arrangement to transfer this money to the Account you are going to provide
have been concluded provided we maintain the confidentiality and secrecy
involved.
Contact me on my email address I am looking forward for your prompt
response.
Yours Sincerely
MUSTAFA MALEKU
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