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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: "stacy carman" <staycam@tsamail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: staycam@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:28:16 -0800
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT.
Mr.stacy carman
Valiant Privat bank
AG Postfach
3001 Bern,
Switzerland
Sir/Madam;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on 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 all will be well at the end of the day. We
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$7,500,000.00
(Seven million five hundred thousand united states
dollars)in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers who died along with his entire
family. Since his death,none of his next-of-kin or
relations has come forward to lay claims for this
money as the heir. 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, we now seek your
permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the
deceased as you share thesame surname with our
late customer. I will not fail to bring to your notice
that all documentations will be carefully worked out by
us for the funds (US$7,500,000.00) to be released in your
favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
In viwe of this i got your contact from my country's trade
mission after i was convinced by providence that you could
be used as the next of kin
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the
probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt of this message
in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing
me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to
the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your
favour before the transfer can be made. We shall be compensating
you with a million dollars on final conclusion of this project,
while the rest shall be for us. Your share stays while the rest
shall be for us for investment purposes.If this proposal is
acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust
we have bestowed in you.
I await your urgent response.
Regards,
Mr.stacy carman.
NB. Reply to my alternative eamil address: staycam@hotmail.com
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