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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: "feng lee" <fenglee@internationalbusinesslink.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:37:06 +0000
Subject: Lee
FROM:Mr. Feng Lee.
Hang Seng Bank Ltd
Sai Wan Ho Branch
171 Shaukiwan Road
Hong Kong.
Sir,
Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr Feng Lee. director of
operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd,Sai Wan Ho Branch.I have a mutual
beneficial business suggestion for you.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war, our client Major Fadi Basem who was with
the Iraqi forces and also a business man made a numbered fixed deposit
for 18 calendar months, with a value of Fifty Five million,Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars(US$55.5M) only in my branch.Upon
maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war two years
ago(2003).Again after the war another
notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later
found out that the Major and his family had been killed during the war
in
bomb blast that hit their home.
After further investigation it was also discovered that Major Fadi
Basem did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including
the
paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last
time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in
my
bank.So,Fifty Five million,Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars(US$55.5M) is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come
forward to
claim it.What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my
country at the expiration four years six months the funds will revert
to
the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim
the
funds.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as
a foreigner to front for me and stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi
Basem so that you will be able to receive his funds.
Please,if you are capable of standing as the next of Kin to Major Fadi
Basem,you should indicate so that I will give you more
information.Absolute confidentiality is required from you.Besides,I
will use
my
connection to get some documents to back up the fund so that the fund
can
not
be question by any authourity.
I will give you further details of the transaction when I recieve a
positive response from you and also the ration which the money will be
shared between both of us.
Treat as very urgent.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Feng Lee.
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