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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: "Musa Aliu" <musaaliu@personalcontact.org>
Reply-To: musaaliua2000@tiscali.it
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:17:54 +0000
Subject: Partnership is needed.
Dr Musa Aliu
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.(CBE)
P.O.Box 255
Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
Email: musaaliu2000@tiscali.it
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Dr Musa Aliu.,Bank Manager of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia(CBE).This is
an urgent and very confidential business proposition.
On June 6, 2001,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South African
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr. Michael Foster made a numbered
time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$26,500,000.00,(Twenty-six Million, five hundred thousand Dollars) in my
branch.
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got
no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from
his
contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Michael
Foster
died from an automobile accident.
On further investigation,I found out that he died without making a WILL,and
all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Michael
Foster
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,including
his Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank here in Ethiopia.This sum of
US$26,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my bank for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it.According to Ethiopia Law, at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.Consequently, my proposal is
that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money
which was fixed deposited in my bank.I am writing you because I as a public
servant,i
cannot operate a foreign account.
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to claim
them with the help of my attorney. This is simple.I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney will prepare
the
necessary documents which will put you in place as the beneficiary of the
funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 75% for me and
25%
for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and
Upon
your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require
your assistance to invest my share in real estate within your country.
Due to the nature of confidentiality in this Transaction our
communicationcan
only should be via email and fax mostly.
Awaiting your urgent reply ONLY to my email: musaaliu2000@tiscali.it
Thanks and my regards.
Dr.Musa Aliu
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