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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: "comi amed" <comiamed15@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: comi_amed@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 00:18:32 +0100
Subject: =?WINDOWS-1256?Q?VERY_URGENT_call_me.=FE?=
FROM THE DESK OF COMI AMED
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) OF BURKINA
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO
TEL,(00226-78 85 82 81.
Dear Friend,
ASSALAM-U-ALAIKUM.
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
in the BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) OF BURKINA FASO OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
I am writing,following the impressive information about you through one of
my friend. He assured me of your capability and releability to champion this
business opportunity.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$10.5M US dollars (TEN
Million five hundred US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family in DECEMBER 2003 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 somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidlines 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 in my department 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 i 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 five years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreign 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.
We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5%will be set aside for
expenses incured during the business and 65% would befor me and my
colleagues.
There after I and my family will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.Therefore,to enable the immediate
transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank
as relation or next of kin to the deceased indicating your bank name, your
bank account number,your private telephone and fax number 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 e-mail the text of
the application.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that 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 for
more explanations.
Thanks
Yours faithfully,
COMI AMED
Bill & Exchange Manager
TEL,(00226-78 85 82 81.
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