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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: "Usman Mimi" <mrsmimiusman3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmimiusman@hotmail.fr
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:16:42 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL.
FROM THE DESK OF Mrs MIMI USMAN.
BILLS AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance Department
of BANK OF Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$17,4 Million dollars
(Seventeen Million Four Hundred thousand United State Dollars) in an account
that belongs to one Of our foreign Customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich, Germany) who died along with His entire family in July 2000 in a
plane crash.
http://news..bbc..co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
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
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the Deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines 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 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 we dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money Remained
Unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transferred into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
transfer is unquestionable by the fact that the customer was a Foreigner and
a Burkina be cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the Provision
of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses Incurred During the
business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I Will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged, you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin of 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 email the text of
the application.
I will not fail to bring to your notice 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.
Trusting to hear from you immediately..
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs MIMI USMAN.
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