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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: "MAMADU MABUTU" <mamadumabutu2004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mamadumabutu@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:13:39 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENCIAL.
ROM THE DESK OF DR. MAMADU MABUTU
BILLS AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO,WEST AFRICA.
Dear Friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BURKINA(BOA) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD$20.150m dollars
(Twenty Million One Hundred and Fifty dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer (MR. Angelo Mammolitti) who died along with
his entire family in 31 Jully 2000 in a 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
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 afterseven 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 can not 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
Please, you have been advised to keep this top secret as i am still in
service and intend to retire from service,and after i conclude this deal
with you.I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until
you confirm the money in your account. and ask me to come down to your
country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages
previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any
country you may advice us to invest in.
All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I
suggest you get back to me as soon as possible, Stating your wish in this
transaction.Please it is vital that you know that it will take us money to
realise this successfully.So consider yourself capable before you reply.
Yours faithfully,
DR. MAMADU MABUTU
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