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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: petergrew@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:55:09 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT?=
MR peter GREW
UNIVERSAL TRUST BANK
15, COOLING WOOD COURT.
SULGRAVE.NE 23 1TS.
LONDON.
Dear Friend,
My name is peter GREW, I am the credit manager of Universal Trust Bank Limited
here in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you of a business transfer,of
a huge sum of money from a deceased
account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any
one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has
been taken care off,and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided
to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Joyce Lake and her husband
Ronald Lake who died in an air crash along with his wife on the January
31 in an Alaska airline Flight 261 with other passengers on board. You can
confirm this from the website below which was published by CNN.WEBSITE.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list Since his death, none
of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money as his heir,
because they alldied in the
same accident himself and his wife (May their soul rest in peace). We
cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim
as the next-of-kin to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek
your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as
all documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds (US$18,500,000,00)
to be released in your favour as the beneficiary\'s next of kin.
Because after five years the money will be called back to the bank treasury
as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank.
so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used
as the next of kin/ beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank
directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by
furnishing me with thefollowing information if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name and personal banking details.
In order for me to prepare the document for transfer of the funds in your
name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual
trust in each other.
I shall be compensating you with 30% which is Five million five hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($5,550,000,00) on final conclusion of this project
for your assistance,while the balance $12,950,000 dollars shall be for
me for investment purposes. Because I intend to retire after
the conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable by you,
please endeavour to contact me immediately through my direct email address:mrkotaudo@yahoo.com.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await
your urgent response
Regards,
Mr peter GREW
Universal Trust Bank Limited
London UK
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