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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: "MANAGER MAGNUM TRUST BANK" <manager@magnumtrustbankingplc.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 02:04:38 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR RESPONSE FASTLY TODAY
SEND REPLY: mrmatthew2005@yahoo.com AND manager@magnumtrustbankingplc.net
Dear Beloved,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition, I got your
email address through my internet search, I decided to contacted you because
I believe that you are the one capable for this transaction. Though, this
medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should
be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from
all what you may think of. Below is the business proposal go through it well
and get back to me fastly, so we can proceed immediately.
First may I start by introducing my self to you. I am MR. MATTHEW CHUKWU,
the Bill And Exchange Manager at the Foreign Remittance Department of MAGNUM
TRUST BANK here in Africa. In my department we discovered an bandoned sum of
US$27.5Million (Twenty Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand US 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. For More Information Visit The Site Below.
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. I am contacting you based
on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal. 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 don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you
necessary Assistance and perfect the Legal Authentication documents which
will officially recognise you as the Next of Kin/relation to the deceased. I
will use my exalted position in this Bank to present you as his Next of Kin
as you can be his relative,
friend or Cousin and the Money (US$27.5Million) will be Successfully
transfered into your own bank account in your country. The banking law and
guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five
years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed
fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and anybody from
my country can not stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
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 made for the transfer. After successful conclussion
of this transaction, we shall share the money 50-50 (50% for you and 50% for
me). So, contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Remember that your Faithfulness, Honesty and Confidentiality is mostly
required. Trusting to hear from you urgently today.
Yours Faithfuly
MR. MATTHEW CHUKWU
Manager; Bill and Exchange, Foreign Remittance Department
MAGNUM TRUST BANK Plc.
SEND REPLY: mrmatthew2005@yahoo.com AND manager@magnumtrustbankingplc.net
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