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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: "Mr Jones" <jonyhit@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 23:47:26 +0700
Subject: Immediate Response
Plz verify.
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html>
I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable me carry out an urgent business Opportunity in my department. I work with the ECOBANK Senegal . currently I am in charge of bills and exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of my bank. I was the account officer to one Engineer and Mrs. Saliu Sabdule Laheed from Lebaness, who secretly owns a multi-national group of companies within this West African sub region,but unfortunately died along with his wife in the December 25th, 2003 Air Crash, via the Beirut-bound charter jet crashed on takeoff from a coastal airport in the West African country of Benin, killing at least 111, based on the officials report. He left in his domiciliary account the total sum of $32.6 million (Thirty two million six hundred thousand USA Dollars).Since the management got the information of his death we have been expecting any of his relation or his next of kin to come up and claim his money. Unfortunately from the day of his death ti
ll the time of this letter none of his relation or friends has come up for the claim. The banking and financial law of ECOBANK senegal stipulates that if such fund remained unclaimed after a period of time it will be lost to the bank as unclaimed deposit. On this note, I now decided to do business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased for subsequent disbursement among us. I will soon proceed for my retirement leave, and I personally do not want this fund to be lost to the bank. That is why I wanted the fund to be move out before I proceed on my retirement from the banking services.
The need for a foreigner like you as next of kin in this project is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner therefore a Senegalese or my position in the bank will NOT perfectly fit in as his next of kin or heir. I have agreed that 30% of the Fund would be for you as foreign partner, thereafter I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
For immediate transfer of the fund into your nominated account, kindly revert back to me as soon as possible to enable me commence my home work down here as quickly as possible. Please send your direct Fax and telephone numbers for effective communications.
Note it is not necessary for you to appear in person. Unless you want, as every thing regarding this project will be strictly handled by a lawyer.
Hope to hear from you soonest. As I'm giving you only 7 days to
make-up your mind.
Best regards.
Mr. Jones.
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