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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: "wsa_bn Gazeta.pl" <wsa_bn@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 20:49:33 +0200
Subject: From Wesley kumalu
WESLEY KUMALU
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
TEL:+229-9313-0548
PRIVATE EMAIL: wsadirect@yahoo.fr
Dear Sir,
I am Wesley Kumalu a staff of a well-known bank here in Cotonou Benin
Republic .One of our accounts with holding balance equivalent of £9,600,000
(Nine million six hundred thousand British pounds) has been dormant and last
operated in the past 7years. From investigations and confirmations, the
owner of this account is a Japanese Foreigner by name Engineer Meiji Iwatani
who died on the crashed on 31 January 2000.
Since then nobody has done anything as regards to the claiming of this money
as there was no declared next of kin. Information from the National
Immigration service also states that late Engineer Meiji Iwatani was single
on point of entry into Benin Republic. I have confidentially discussed this
issue with a fellow staff and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign
partner to deal with.
We thus propose to do business with you standing in as the next of kin of
this fund. The fund will be released to you after due processes have been
followed. This transaction is totally free of risk as the fund is
legitimate. On your interest, respond to my request ASAP for more breifing.
Best Regards,
Wesley Kumalu
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