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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: "jeffrey rice" <jeffreyrice@associatesworld.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:30:03 +0000
Subject: please get back to me!
Good day to you,
My name is Jeffrey Rice, I am the credit manager with a bank here in
the
United Kingdom. I am contacting you in respect of the transfer of a
huge sum of money from the account of a deceased client. Though I know
that
a transaction of this nature and magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, I
am assuring you that everything has been taken care of, and you have
nothing to fear at all and i would be very glad if you would allow
me bring you to a clearer picture of what is on ground, what we
intend to do and how we intend to do it. I decided to contact you due
to the
secrecy,confidentiality and urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I was the account officer of a foreigner, named Gerald Welsh who died
in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian
airline boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this
fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his relatives or associates have come
forward to
lay claims to his funds as next-of-kin, and on my own i have made
concerted effort to locate any of his relatives but all proved
abortive, which
makes me believe that nobody of his knows that he was operating this
foreign account with my bank. Based on the ethics and policies of the
bank,
these funds will be declared unclaimed funds and taken to the treasury
of the
bank
as capital base of the bank, because already the account has been
taggeddormant because it has exceeded the normal functional number of
years.
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies
for it or lays
claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission and assistance to
present
you and have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased,so that the
funds can be released and transfer to you, as all documentations will
be
carefully
worked out by me for the funds (US$15,000,000.00) to be released in
your
favor as the beneficiary's next of kin, if not the members of the board
of directors will utilise it for their personal aggrandisement. Because
after four years as this is the fifth year going 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 I have secured from the
probate
commission 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 the following information if
you
are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name..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 for easy communication between both of us.
Upon your acceptance I shall send you my identity for more
confidentiality
and trust in each other as i shall trust you not to elope with this
funds
when it finally gets to your account. I shall be compensating you with
Three
Million dollars ($3Million dollars) on final conclusion of this
project with your assistance, while the balance, i shall use in
prolific investment
projects as I intend to retire after the
conclusion of this transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to
contact me
immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed
in
you, I await your urgent response. Contact me via this email
address please:(jeffrey_rice2005@yahoo.co.uk)
Regards,
Mr.Jeffrey Rice.
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