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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: "bintou shbansamir" <bintou_shban@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bintoushansamir@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:14:30 +0200
Subject: hi
Dear Sir,
My name is Miss Bintou Shaban Samir i am from Sudan schooling in the University of Sudan as Medical student but stopped due to the death of my late Father Mahmoud Shaban Samir. I need your help, in respect of the transfer of a
huge sum of money from my late father's account in Islamic bank in Senegal west Africa.. Though I know that a
transaction of this nature and magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care of,
and all will be well. I decided to contact you due
to the secrecy,confidentiality and urgency of this transaction becuase one of the bank offical contacted me to hurry up and transfer this money before it will be tampered.
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PROPOSITION;
my later father's Shaban Samir Mahmoudwho died
inan air crash on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can
confirm this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, nothing is possible for me as the only daughter, my late mother divorce with my late father in 1996 and she later died in breast canser.
Sir, You will stand as next-of-kin to my late father as
indicated in our banking guidelines., I now seek your permission in this regard.
so that the funds can be released and transfer to
you, as all documentations are with me. The amount of the fund is
(US$15,700,600.00) to be released in your
favor as the beneficiary's next of kin, if not the members of the board
of directors will utilise it for their personal aggrandisement. .
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance
of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with direct Telephone and fax numbers...For our personal contact and mutualtrust in each other.
Upon your acceptance I shall send you my photo and contact, for more
confidentiality and trust in each other as i shall trust you not to
elope with this funds when it finally gets to your account. I shall be
compensating you with 30 percent of the total money on final
conclusion of this project for your good work, while mine portion i shall
use in finishing my study and open hosptial with my future husband.
please endeavor to contact me immediately this is a very clean clear transaction.
I await your response.
Sincerely.
Miss Bintou Shaban Samir.
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