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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: Mr.Abdul Kadir Gaya <abdulkadirgaya1@mail.vu>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 15:16:26 +0400
Subject: Greetings from UAE,
Greetings from UAE,
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a
hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to
overseas account ($5,300.000.00 USD) Five Million Three Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) from a prime Bank here in Dubai United Arab Emirates.
I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly 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 a/c immediately to receive this money, even
an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and
believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr. Abdul Kadir Gaya, presently promoted to Auditor General in one of
the biggest banks here in Dubai. During the course of our auditing last
week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1996
and since 1998 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 a [Heir/WILL] 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 Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great
industrialist and a resident of Alaska, 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 leaving nobody to claim the
money.
No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that the account is a secret account. The total amount involve is Five
million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only [$5,300.000.00]
and we wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad.
But I don't know any foreigner; I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but to a
foreigner who has information about the account, which I shall give to you
upon your positive response.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform
you the next step to take urgently. I need your strong assurance that you
will never let us down, me and a key bank official who is deeply involved
with me in this business.
I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. The bank
official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive
this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position and
influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to
your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and
foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the
total amount, 70% will be for us. I look forward to your earliest
reply. PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Best Regards
Mr. Abdul Kadir Gaya
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