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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: james cleddennin <biggddadythebest@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:03:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR KINDNESS.(URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL)
FROM THE DESK OF MR.JAMES CLEDDENIN.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
AFRICAN DEVELOMENT BANK.
COTONOU.REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
TEL.NO.+229-60-89-15:
TOP SECRET:
Dear Friend ,
I am a staff of African Development Bank in the file/computer department. I got your contact through an internet business proposal so i decided to contact you on this business opportunity after my prayers.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $ 15.5m US dollars (FIFTEEN million FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US dollars) . In an account that belongs to one of our, foreign customer who died along with his entire family in JULY 2000, in a plane crash.
View the venue of the plane crash http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws002/reuters044.htm
Since we got information about the death of this Bank customer, we have been expecting his next of kin to come up and claim the money that is left behind here in my Bank and because we cannot release the fund unless somebody applies for the fund as next of kin or the relation to the deceased Bank customer as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery from the investigation which i made that I decided to contact you into this businness proposal and also guide you here for the Bank Top official to release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement of the whole fund in your country since nobody is coming up for the cliam.And I dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here in my country stipulates that if such money remained unclamed after 4years, the money will be transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. So the request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Beninois here cannot stand as next of kin relation to a foreigner.
That was why i agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 60 % would be for me.
As soon as the whole fund is transfered into your foriegn nominated Bank account in your country i will visit your country for the disbursement of the fund according to the percentages indicated above.
Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as arranged by me here, you must apply first to the bank here as relations or next of kin of the deceased Bank customer in the Bank here indicating:
Your Full Name
Your Bank Name.
Your private telephone No.
Your Fax No.
This is for easy and effective communication and also the location where in the money will be remitted into.
Please note that upon receipt of your reply, I will immediately send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will also not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is a hitch free business transaction and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements on how this whole fund will be transfered into your private nominated Bank account in your country has smoothly arranged by me here .
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Best regards.
Mr.James Cleddenin.
(Bill & Ex.ManagerADBANK.).
Tel.No.00229-60-89-15.
Email:biggddadythebest@yahoo.ca
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