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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: Hugo.Benito
Reply-To: hugomabinto@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:18:03 +0200
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.Hugo matine Benito,An Audit officer in" LA CAIXA BANCO
ESPAÑA". I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of
imense benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned
sum of ? 12.5.Million Euro (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros.)
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris
Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his
wife and only daughter. You can read more about the crash by visiting this
site which I got during my investigation; please try to go through the site
.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter
died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of
this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I
and two other officials in this department now decided to make business with
you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the
funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it .
We don't want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed
bill.The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained
after seven years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 35% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while
the balance will be for my colleagues and me. I will visit your country for
the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this
money gets into your account. Please be honest to me.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive
this letter, you should contact, My Email Add hugomabinto@netscape.net
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these
funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do
receive your response. Thanks and waiting for your urgent reply.NB:Send your
phone & fax number for better explanation.
Mr.Hugo Matine Benito
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