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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 Ahmed Govou <mrahmedgov4@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:33:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Confirm your compensation!!
From The Desk Of Mr Ahmed Govou.
The Honourable Minister of
Finance, Federal Republic of Benin.
DIRECTOR SCAMMED VICTIM.
BENEFICIARIES.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $5,000,000
UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
Dear Friend,
On the faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at cotonou, Benin Rep, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meeting on the loss of Funds by various individuals to the Benin scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.
In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Benin Government is now paying 150 victims in this operation, $5,000,000 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in BENIN REP, the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations' Officials and the Minister of Finance of Benin Republic , the corresponding paying bank will be disclosed to you upon your response to this letter for security reasons. This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to pay 150 scam victims $5,000,000(FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each.
You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount. Therefore do not hesitate to respond to this massage for the immediate payment of your $5,000,000.00 compensations Funds.
According to the number of applicants at hand, 87 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, and we still have more 14 left to be paid the compensations of $5,000,000each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anybody for any reason whatsoever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended.
You will receive your compensation payments via any of this payment options of your choice, KTT Wire Transfer, Certified Bank Draft or ATM Electronic Visa Card.
Yours faithfully,
Dr James Hakeem.
Public Relation Officer
Ministry of Finance.
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