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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: "Jennifer Lynn Karlen" <benoka7@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:02:08 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION
MR.BEIJ KHAN
HANG SENG BANK LTD.
DES VOEUX RD. BRANCH,
CENTRAL HONG KONG,
HONK KONG.
Dear Sir,
Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr.Beij Khan
credit officer of
the Hang
Seng Bank Ltd.
I have a concealed business suggestion for you. Before
the U.S/Iraqi
war our client General. Ibrahim Moussa who was with
the Iraqi forces and
also a businessman made a numbered fixed deposit for
18 calendar
months, with a value of Twenty Millions, Five Hundred
Thousand United State
Dollars only in my branch in september2002. Upon
maturity several
notices were sent to him without a response. We later
found out that
the General and his family had been killed during the
war in a bomb blast
that hit their home.
After further investigation it was also discovered
that Gen. Ibrahim
Moussa did not declare any next of kin in his official
papers including
the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also
confided in me the last
time he was at my office that no one except me knew of
his deposit in
my bank. So, Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars
is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come
forward to claim
it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws
of my country at
the expiration of 3 years the funds will revert to the
ownership of the
Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the
funds. Against
this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will
like you as a foreigner
to stand as the next of kin to Gen. Ibrahim Moussa so
that you will be
able to receive his funds.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
I want you to know that I have everything planned out
so that we shall
come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that
will prepare the
necessary document that will back you up as the next
of kin to Gen.
Ibrahim Moussa, all that is required from you at this
stage is for you to
provide me with your Full Names and Address so that
the attorney can
commence his job. After you have been made the next of
kin, the attorney
will also file for claims on your behalf and secure
the necessary
approval and letter of probate in your favor for the
move of the funds to an
account that will be provided by you.
There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we
are going to adopt
a legal method and the attorney will prepare all the
necessary
documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost
discretion in all matters
concerning this issue. Please remember to respond to
my private email
benoka7@msn.com
Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated
bank account we
shall share in the ratio of 70% for me, 25% for you
and 5% for any
expenses incurred during the course of this
transaction. Should you be
interested please send me your private phone and fax
numbers for easy
communication and I will provide you with more details
of this transaction.
Your earliest response to this letter will be
appreciated.
Kind Regards
Mr.Beij Khan
Note all responds should be in my private email box
benoka7@msn.com
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