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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. Thomas Franklin" <mr_mark45@handbag.com>
Reply-To: johnthomas527@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 21:26:27 +0100
Subject: HELLO MY DEAR.
MR.FRANKLIN J THOMAS.
Manager of Auditting Dept.
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC.
Republic Of Benin.
Tel:002-290-812-11.
E-mail;franklinthomas751@yahoo.com
Dear Friend,
Courtesy of Business opportunity, I take liberty anchored on strong
desire to solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficial and
riskfree transaction with you,which I hope you give urgent attention.
To be precise,I am Mr.FRANKLIN J THOMAS the Manager of
Auditting/Account Exchange at the Foreign Exchange/Remittance Department
of LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC Republic Of Benin.
In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$6,524,000.00
(Six Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Four Thousand United States
Dollars)in an account that belongs to one of our customers who died along
with his entire family aboard Alaska Airline flight number 261, on 31st of
January,2000.
You can read more about Mr .Morris Thompson and his family's death by clicking
on this
web:http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of Kin to come over and claim his money,because we can not release it
unless somebody applied for its next of Kin or Relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking procedure,but unfortunately to no avail,and nobody
has come forward to claim the money (because the mentioned next of kin which
is daugther died as well).
Therefore,upon this discovery I now decide to establish a cordial
business relationship with you,hence my contacting you.
I want you to purportedly present your good self as the next of Kin or relation
of the deceased so that I can prepare documentations and
release the funds (US$6.524 Million)into your account for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and again I do not
want the funds to go into the Government's account as "Unclaimed Bill".
The banking law and procedures herein stipulates that any account
abandoned or dormant for a period of some years is subjected to be closed
and all money contained therein will be forfeited to the Government Treasury
Account.
The reason for you to present your good self as the next of kin is
occassioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner.
Mode of sharing after the successful completion of the transfer is as follows,for
the role you will be expected to play in the whole
exercise,I have agreed to give you Fourty (40%) of the total sum, and the
remaining 60%shall be for me.
In support of the issue at hand, you are urged to reply this letter
indicating your readiness and interest to participate in the
business.After you reply,you will be advised on the next step forward.
I quite believe that you will protect our interest by keeping this
business Top Secret and Confidential,as your interest will be equally protected
in order to achieve and maintain maximum confidentiality.
Hope to hear from you soon as I count on your earliest response
Yours truly,
MR.FRANKLIN J THOMAS.
Tel:+229-081-211.
Email;franklinthomas751@yahoo.com
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