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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: "Mr.Prince George" <prince.george@voila.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: princegeorge_7@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 22:48:50 +0200
Subject: CAN WE WORK TOGETHER?
Dear Dr. Gerti Hesseling.
With hope that this mail reaches you in good condition of health. Please i will like to use this opportunity to give you a business proposal, but firstly i will introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Prince George. The personal driver to DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY. Who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africans Flight Boeing 727 in Kenya, East Africa on Sunday, July 21, 2003, the Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America but resident in Benin Republic, West Africa and a physician.
You will read more stories about the plane crash on visiting this website:
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html>
Before his death on the 20th July 2003, DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, has a suspense account with the bank and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and since I saw the documents I went into investigation that proved to me that his supposed next of kin died alongside with him in the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of his extended relatives all to no avail this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you after gotten your full contact details from the computer data. I contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my master before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.
Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some time now. I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$30.000000.00 (Thirty Million USD) can be transferred to your bank account and then I will come over to your country so that you and I can share the money 50% to me and 50% to you, and i will invest my own share there in your country. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and i from any breach of he law.
If you know that you are acceptable of handle this proposal to you, kindly email me your following information .
a. Your full names
b. Private telephone number
c. Private fax number
d. Age and profession
e. Home address
After which I will give you the contact of the bank so that you will contact them and indicating your claims and where the money will be remitted.
Awaiting your response soon
Yours Sincerely
Mr. Prince George
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