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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: "Brain Lucas" <brainlucas@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: brainlucas2@excite.com
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:42:20 +0000
Subject: Re Urgent Attention
>From Desk of Mr. Brain Lucas
Standard Prudent Bank PLC, Subsidiary Of Ireland Bank
UK London
Tel:447040130107
The information contained in this E-mail and/or attachments may contain
protected health, legally privileged, or otherwise confidential Information
intended only for the use of the individual (s) concerned. If you, the
reader of this message are not the intended recipient, You are hereby
advised to contact me for more detailed explanation.
Subject: Payment Of Your Fund,
On behalf of the European Financial Governing Authority World Bank Group,I
wish to express my sincere appreciation For the opportunity given to me
through this bank to handle the international money transaction, Lottory
winning,Fund Inherritance originated from all part of Europen Countries,
Asia and United State of America due to delay.
To whom it may concern
I am Mr Jones Williams, The Director,Standard Prudent Bank,London, This is
to bring to your notice that my office has taking over all The money
transaction originated from any part of Europe counties as Contract payment,
Fund Inheritance or Lottery Winning due to the delay from the financial
Institutions/security companies in paying debts as a result of exccesive
demand of upfront payment,
Following the circulated reports on the above mentioned, your Name appears
as one of the fund beneficiaries whom their file has been Forwarded to my
table for acknowledgement, I have therefore acknowledged receipt of the file
and your Money would be paid to you through a Certified Bank Draft, Note
that presently one million Euro certified bank draft has been issued in your
name to be released to you as part payment.In view of the above stated; you
are advised to re confirm the following Information to enable us complete
the administrative process in your favor on the fund authorisation
documentation which may be sent to you on receipt of your Response through a
courier service to sign and send back to me.
Find bellow the required information to complete the process on your Behalf.
You;re Mailing Address
Direct Phone and fax numbers
Note that We shall also process the certifed bank draft acknowledgement
letter to your bank on receipt of the above mentioned informations,
Finally, you are therefore warned for your best interest to stop further
communications with any person/persons apex or commercial Banks, Security
Company or any financial institution in and out side UK as so called
correspondence/offshore banks to abstain From excessive demand of upfront
payment, I hope you would give absolute cooperation to enhance a legitimate
process for release Of your money via certified bank draft. Subsequently, On
behalf of the World Bank and European Union we apologized for the delay in
releasing your money and have assured you that as soon as we confirm the
receipt of your response, a certified Bank draft valid at one million Euro
as part payment already issued through Ireland Bank would be released to
you Under 48 working hours.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Mr Brain Lucas(The Director)
Tel:447040130107
Direct Email:brainlucas2@excite.com
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