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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: "Ibrahim Musa" <ibrahim_musa030@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibrahim_musa020@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:44:08 +0000
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE
FROM MALLAM .IBRAHIM MUSA.
DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO
DIRECT TEL/LINE;00226 76 56 25 86.
Dear Friend ,
Permit me to use this medium to first introduce myself to you before getting
you acquinted with the transaction for which I am contacting you.
I am Mallam .Ibrahim Musa,the director in charge of auditing and accounting
section of BANK OF AFRICA,burkina faso in West Africa.With due respect and
regard. I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be
very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information from the
web directory of my country when searching for a reliable and trustworthy
foreign partner who could help me champion a business proposal of such
magnitude without any problem.
During my investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across
a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person, Mr.Morris Thompson
61 years,of Fairbanks, Alaska America who died on January 31st 2000 with
Alaska Airlines Flight 261.
Unfortunately late Mr.Morris Thompson ,died in the Alaska Airlines Flight
261plane crash of 2000 with his immediate family member's leaving no known
next of kin to claim this deposit, the account has been placed on dormancy
by the management of the bank of africa since 2000.
The fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of
the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our
discovery to this development. We are presently affected by the
burkina-faso.civil service code of conduct laws that prohibits civil
servants from operating private foreign accounts.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the
account is 'late Mr.Morris Thompson, is a foreigner too.
You can as well confirm it by yourself and if you want to know more about
the man himself, you can check the Website.
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the
bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer
this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and
needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your
interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this
great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this
country as a civil servant, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account
and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer because I work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who
will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to
the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to
be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification
and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole
money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On
smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the
total sum as gratification, while 60% will be for me.while 10% will be for
expenses we may incure here and in your country during the course of
transfer.
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 advice me
to invest in. All other necessary information will be sent to you when I
hear from you.
and Call me on my private number +226 76 56 25 86.
Yours faithfully,
MALLAM .IBRAHIM MUSA.
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