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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: "steve okolie" <steve@steveok.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:11:36 +0000
Subject: hello from steve urgent
Dear Sir/Madam ,
I am Mr.Steve Okolie, a banker with the Magnum Trust Bank.
I am the personal Account Manager to late mr. Adams Thompson ,
Who is an international businessman.
Mr Adams, his wife and three children were involved in
Tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka which took place on the 26th December 2004.
Though he traveled for the Christmas holiday were he met his death.
Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's
Extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After several
Unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his Relatives over the Internet to
locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence my contacting you.
I am therefore soliciting your assistance to help
Transfer the money and properties left behind by my client before they are
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. My client has an
equivalent of about US$10M dollars (Ten Million United States Dollars)
deposited with the bank.
Consequently the bank issued me a notice to produce
the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official
working days.
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued
at $10M U.S dollars can be paid to you and then you and
I can share the money.
55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for
expenses or tax as your government may require.
An attorney will be contracted to help us revalidated
and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up any claim, All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
the law. Please get in touch with me through this my private email
address:steveken38@yahoo.it
If you are interested in this business and also give me a call through
my private telephone number 23480-33475200 immediately you receive this
mail for further discussion.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Steve Okolie
Tel 23480-33475200.
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