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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: Francis Lansana <lnsnfranky@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lnsnfr@live.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:05:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: lnsnfranky@yahoo.com
- Hello, I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise but I had to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction. My name is Francis Lansana, I work in one of the prime banks in Ghana. I am contacting you for as assistance concerning the transfer of a large sum of money from a dormant account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I was accounts manager of one of our clients who used to run an oil servicing company here. He, his wife and only daughter were involved in the ill fated Kenya Airways crash in the coasts of Abidjan in January 2000 in which all passengers on board died. Of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank made by the deceased valued at about Six million, Five hundred thousand US dollars (US$6,500,000.00) Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives but has been unsu!
ccessful. I have been reliably informed that the man had lived here for many years and even taken up nationality of the country. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the internet to see if I could locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you. Recently a probate order has been issued and as such if nobody comes for the claim of the deposit by the first quarter of this year, the account will be declared unserviceable and the funds called to the government treasury. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives for over last 6 years now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account be released and transferred into your account, then you and I will share the money. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us to see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangemen!
t that will protect you from any breach of the law I want to inform y
ou that 35% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me . There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Please acknowledge receipt of this email in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following information as listed below which will enable me work on the account file so you can now apply for the release of the funds as the next of kin. 1. Your full name2. Postal address 3. Date of birth 4.Private Mobile No: 5.Nationality & OccupationAny other details will follow on the receipt of your response. 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 that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been m!
ade for the transfer. Yours, Francis Lansana
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