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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: "MATHEW LEO" <administrator@albbasonline.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:28:34 +0000
Subject: From MR.LEO
From MR.LEO MATHEW
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
Dear sir/madam
URGENT MESSAGE
Courtesy of business opportunity, I take liberty anchored on strong desire
to solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficiary and risk free
transaction with you, which I hope you give urgent attention. To be precise,
I am Mr. Leo Mathew Senior manager of ABSA BANK Limited JOHANNESBURG SOUTH
AFRICA. In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 35.5
Million(THIRTY five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in
an account that belongs to one of our customers who died along with his
entire family in 1988 Lockerbie Pan American Airline 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
applied for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking procedures, but unfortunately to no avail andnobody has come
forward to claim the money.
Therefore, upon this discovery that I and other two officials in my
department now decide to establish a cordial business relationship with
you,hence my contacting you.We want you to purportedly present your good
self as the next of kin or relation of the deceased so that we can
release the fund (money) into your account for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and again we do not want the
money to go into the government account as unclaimed bill .The banking law
and procedures herein stipulates that any accounts abandoned or dormant for
a period of some years is subject to be closed and all money contained
therein will be forfeited to the government treasury account. Now it is
being speculated that the above sum will be transferred into government
treasury account as unclaimed fund on or before November 2005. The reason
for you to present your good self as the next of kin is occasioned by the
fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner.
Mode of Sharing After the successful completion of the transfer is as
follows, for the role you will be expected to play in the whole exercise, we
have agreed to give you Thirty (30%) of the total sum,and 10% has been set
aside for the expenses we are going to encounter by both parties in the
process of this transaction and the remaining 60% shall be for my colleagues
and I in support of the aforementioned, you are urged to reply this letter
indicating your readiness and interest to
participate in the business.
After your reply, you will be advised on the next step afterwards. I quite
believe that you will protect our interest by keeping this business top
secret and confidential. Your interest will be equally protected, as we must
maintain maximum confidentiality. Trust to hear from you on this TEL NO.
or return mail
Count on your earliest reply.
Thanks
Yours faithfully
Mr. Leo
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