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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: "akeem cheick00" <akeem_cheick00@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:06:44 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSACTION
FROM THE DESK OF DR AKEEM CHEICK,
BILL AND EXHANGE UNIT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
I am the manager at the bill and exchange department bank of
african(BOA)here in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$25.m dollars (Twenty
Five million dollar.usd)in an account that belonging to one of our foreign
customer.Who died along with his entire family in Monday,31 July, 2000 in a
plane crash in paris.Please visit this site that is one of the evidence the
directors brought in other to swallow the money at the end ofthe
day,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 along side 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 six 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 your
desiggnited bank account ,you must apply first to the bank as a relation or
next of kin of the deceased with a text of application that i will send to
you,so i will like you to send to me your private telephone and faxnumber
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 immediate.
Dear p/s reply this email thanks
Yours Faithfully,
Dr Akeem Cheick.(BOA)
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