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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: madam_buoba2@msn.com (may be fake)
Reply-To: madam_buoba@msn.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:23:48 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY SIR, PLZ REPLY ME SOONEST
FROM THE DESK OF MADAM SALIFATUO B.ABDULLAH
SECRETARY TO THE MANAGER BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPT.
SOCIETY GENERAL BANK OF BURKINA.
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO
Dear friend,
I am a staff of the bill and exchange department of the foreign remittance department of The Society General Bank of Burkina .
I am writing, following your address which i got through international network information when i was searching for a sure email contact because of the urgency of this transaction. And i hope of your
releability to champion this business opportunity with me.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$20.5m US dollars (Twenty Million, five hundrd thousand US dollars only.) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family on Monday, 31 July, 2000,in a plane crash. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
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 next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws 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 based upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you so that you can apply for the release of the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for
safety and subsequent isbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as a 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. There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication
and location wherein the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of the application.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter for
more explanations.
Yours faithfully
MADAM SALIFATUO B.ABDULLA
(Secretary Bill and Exchange Department)
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