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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: "Alison Thompson" <alison_thompson01@msn.com>
Reply-To: thompson_alison1@yahoo.com.au
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:23:06 +0000
Subject: Hello! ( this is right proposition for you)
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
We want to transfer to overseas the sum of One hundred And Forty Two Million
United States
Dollars (U.S.$142,000,000.00) from a country in Africa. I want to ask you to
kindly look for a
reliable and Honest person who will be capable and fit to provide Either an
existing bank
account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money,
Though an empty
bank account could serve this purpose As long as you will remain honest to
me till the end Of
this important business trusting in you and Believing in God that you will
never let me down
Either now or in time to come.
I am Thompson Alison, the External Auditor of a Bank. During the Course of
our auditing, I
discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and
since 1993 nobody
has operated on this account again. After Going through some old files in
the records, I
Discovered that the owner of the account died without An Heir apparent to
the throne, hence
the money is Floating and if I do not remit this money out Urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account who is Mr. Eshed B. Willey, A foreigner and an
industrialist died,
since 1990,until now no other person(s) knows about this Account or could
give any
documentary evidence Concerning this account. As such this account has no
Other beneficiary
and my investigation proved to me as Well that Eshed B. Willey until his
death was the
Manager Oriental Diamond Company, in South Africa. However, if you are
interested in this
business we will start the first money transfer with Forty-Two Million U.S.
Dollars
(U.S.$42,000,000.00) upon Successful transaction without any disappointment
from you. We
shall also re-apply for the payment of the Remaining amount to your account.
While the total amount involved is one hundred and forty two million United
States dollar
(U.S.$142,000,000.00) only. I would want us to make a first transfer of
Forty Two Million United
States Dollar. (U.S.$42,000,000.00) from this money into a safe foreigner’s
account abroad
before the rest. I am only Contacting you as a foreigner because this money
can Not be
approved to a local account, without valid International foreign Agreement,
but could only be
Approved to any foreigner with valid international Credentials: passport or
drivers license and
foreign Account because this sum is in U.S. dollars and The former owner of
the account Mr.
Eshed .B. Willey is a Foreigner too, thus the money could only be approved
Into a foreign
account.
However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding Agreement in these
regards. As a matter of
urgency, I will inform you the next Step to take, while you send your
private telephone And fax
number including the full details of the Account to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet
face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will
bind us Together
before transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund
will be safe. Before
we Fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and Investments, I need your
full co-operation to
make This business a success, because the management is Ready to approve
this payment
to any foreigner who has Correct information of this account, which the
lawyer will Provide to
you, upon your positive response and once I am Convinced that you are
capable and will
meet up with the instructions of a key bank official who is deeply Involved
with me in this
business. I need your strong Assurance that you will never let me down.
With my influence and the position in the bank we can transfer this money to
any foreigner's
Reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending
our physical Arrival in your country for sharing. And to build confidence
that you can come
immediately To discuss with me face-to-face after which I will Make this
remittance in your
presence and three of us Will fly to your country at least two days ahead of
The money going
into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I
hear from you that you
are ready to act as directed. To prove the authenticity of the business I
will use my position
and influence to get a good lawyer who will obtain all legal Approvals for
onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries, Foreign
exchange departments, embassy and Board of Internal Revenue Services.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be Given 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for
me, While 5% will be for expenses both parties might have Incurred during
this process.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email address:
( thompson_alison1@yahoo.com.au )
Yours truly,
Thompson Alison.
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