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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: beninbceao@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:31:15 +0100
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary
Attention: Beneficiary
I am Mr. Jim Francois, a senior staff with the Ministry of Finance cotonou
office Branch, I am writing you this letter based on the fact that cool
penny is better than millions of dollars, means it's better for one to live
and die poor honest man than a rich dishonest one.
The management of this organisation have discovered with an effort of
officer in the computer section in the person of Engineer Peter Cliff a
pending payment of fund valued US850,000.(eight hundred fifty thousand
United States Dollars) the said fund has your name as the sole beneficiary.
On further investigation, we found out from the company's security computer
that you have been waiting for a long time to receive this payment.
As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in
respect of your pending payment. The problems you are having is that of
interest groups, A lot of people are interested in your fund and those
people are merely doing paper works with you and that explains why you
receive different kinds of untrue e-mail messages, fax and phone calls from
different people everytime, Also we found out that some of the officials of
the parastatals have been extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext
of helping you receive your money, I can assure you this will keep pendening
if you do not do away with those officers.
For your information, be informed that arrangement has been finalized with
CENTRAL BANK OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (BCEAO) to process the payment of your
fund through bank to bank transfer sytem or through an ATM Debit Card
Payment this is to avoid and ensure that no further thing delay you from
receiving your fund which has been in our custody for a very long time.
Be advised that Central Bank of West African States(BCEAO) is a well known
bank and the ,anagement of this company has endorsed the payment of your
fund through Bank facilities, therefore contact the bank with their contact
information as detail below and request for the payment of your fund
($850,000.00 USD) either through ATM debit card or mastercard or through
bank to bank transfer depending on your choice. The bank can be contacted
with below information:
Central Bank of West African States(BCEAO)
Avenue jean paul, Cotonou;
E-mail: beninbceao@yahoo.cn
To this effect, you are require to reconfirm your complete address and
telephone number for easier communication. However, you are require to
contact the bank with above detail without delay.
Finally, the bank has been advised to ensure and complete all the necceassry
arrangement regarding the smooth payment of the fund to you.
We wait to reciprocate your urgent compliance.
Mr. Jim Francois.
Tel :+229-93136032,
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