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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: Solomon Cherry <solocherr@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:00:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Reply
Dear Sir/Madam,
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
This mail may come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to patiently read
through it before making a decision whether to assist me or not.
I am Mr.Solomon Cherry, a Bank Manager of a Reputable Bank in Johannesburg,
Gauteng Province, in the Republic of South Africa. l wish to solicit for your
assistance in the transaction which l strongly believe will be of mutual
benefit to both of us if treated with trust and confidentiality that it
deserve.
On June 6, 2000, a British Oil consultant/contractor with the South African
Mining Corporation, (Name deliberately with held for now) made a numbered time
(Fixed) Deposit for Twelve Calendar months, valued at US$6,500,000.00 (Six
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his Contract
employers, the South African Mining Corporation, that the Depositor died from
an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that He died
without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that the
depositor did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents. This money
(US$6,500,000.00) is still lying in my Bank and the interest is being rolled
over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come
forward to claim it. And according to Laws of Republic of South Africa, at the
expiration of 5(five) Years, the money will revert to the ownership of The
South African Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I would like you as a foreigner to
stand in as
THE NEXT OF KIN to the depositor so that the fruits of this old man's labor
will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. An offshore
bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 65% for
me and 35% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the bank accredited attorney and my
position as the
Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
I am looking forward to a favorable reply from you soon. Feel free to ask any
question in this regard.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Solomon Cherry
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