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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: "abdul ibrahim" <abdul_ibrahim02@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:00:53 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
FROM THE DESK OF DR.ABDUL IBRAHIM.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend,
I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned
sum of US$25m dollars (TWENTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a
plane
crash.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW
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 some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as
indicated in our banking guidlings 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 therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury
as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transfered into the
bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. 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.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the
provision of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses
incurred
during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your
country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore,
to
enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply
first to the bank as 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 where in the money will
be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application . I will not fail to bring to your notice 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.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.ABDUL IBRAHIM. (B.O.A)
TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENCIAL
_________________________________________________________________
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