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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: "frank lukman" <franklukman_2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: franklukman@walla.com
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:43:08 -0500
Subject: REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
THE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
MCB Centre
P.O. Box 52
9-15 Sir William Newton Street
Port-Louis Mauritius.
Dear Friend,
First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidentiality in this Transaction. I am
MR Frank Lukman, credit officer with THE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK LTD I
came to you in my private search for a reliable person to handle this
confidential transaction, which involves huge sum of money to your country.
The Proposition: A foreigner an American, late Mr. David Clementson (SNR)
Who died on February 4th, 2000 board Alaska Airlines Flight 261. Alongside
87 other passengers. Please view the website below for verification.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/dClementson.html,
while returning to his country from a business trip. He Banked with us at
THE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK LTD and had a closing balance worth US$19.5,
Million, having heard of the tragic incident involving late Mr. David
Clementson (SNR) the bank now Expects a next of kin as a beneficiary.
Valuable efforts have been made by THE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK to get in
touch with any of his family's but I personally found out that he until his
death neither had wife nor a child that is known to us. Meanwhile this is
the website of the people that died in the Alaska Airlines Flight 261, the
only next of kin given to us by late Mr. David Clementson unfortunately was
with him in the same flight that crashed, and this is unknown to the bank.
I'm taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my family;
I now decided to seek your permission to have you stand as the next of kin
to late Mr. David Clementson , so that the fund (US$19.5M) will be released
into your account as the next of kin.All documents and proves to enable you
get this fund will be carefully worked out, by the lawyer that I will employ
to work with me down here on your behalf. I am assuring you that this
transaction and its procedures is 100% legal and risk free involvement.
Your share stays while the rest will be for me. The sharing of the fund
between the two of us will be as follows: 30% of the total sum will go to
you for your effort and commitment to the success of this transaction. 65%
will be for us here. While 5% has been set aside for charitry homes. As soon
as I receive an acknowledgement of the receipt of this message in
Acceptance, I will immediately start up with the process. If this proposal
is acceptable by you, kindly forward to me your private telephone/fax or
preferably your mobile numbers, address and banking informations and I will
have to apply for the release and subsequent Transfer of the fund in your
favor.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Frank Lukman.
(Credit Officer, MCB LTD MAURITIUS
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