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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: "kennedy martins" <mrkennedy@cooltoad.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:19:24 -0700
Subject: GET BACK TO ME PLEASE
Dear Sir ,
RE: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS CO-OPERATION.
This mail is strictly confidential and is for your urgent
attention only. It is indeed my pleasure to write you this
letter, which I believe will be a surprise to you as we
have never met before, and I am deeply sorry if I have in
any manner disturbed your privacy. Please forgive this
unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular
letter is of exceptional and very private nature. There is
absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your
heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that,
so many individuals have taken possession of the Internet
to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it
extremely difficult for genuine and legitimate business
class persons to get attention and recognition. There is no
way for me to know whether I will be properly understood,
but it is my duty to write and reach out to you
I am Mr. Kennedy Martins; I work with a finance company
here in the United Kingdom. One of our clients, who was
before his death, an adviser to the Organization of
Petroleum Export Country (OPEC), had several deposits
lodged in our care as his fund managers.
On his death five years ago, his heir (his wife) put up
claims and my company paid off on the claims she submitted
papers. However, his wife did not present papers for one
prime deposit with total values: Nine Million, Five Hundred
Thousand U.S Dollars only (US$9.5 million) paid in by the
late client in a different name and the deposits are still
intact. I discovered that the late client did not declare
any next of kin or relations in all official documents for
this prime deposit. It is a term deposit and term has
expired and no one will come again for the funds.
Based on my position in this finance company, I have kept
the facts of this case closely to myself alone. The reason
I am contacting you is because am quite certain you can
stand in and claim these funds with MY ASSISTANCE. I have
planned the operation well in line with our company's
procedures and practice.
If you show interest by replying to this proposal, I will
send to you further information on the planning and
execution. I would also want you to view this site and the
report made by Chancellor Gordon Brown concerning dormant
accounts on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5171222.stm
Precisely however, this requires that you present an
application with copy of the deposit documents and a notary
POA transferring right of liquidation to you. This will
enable our finance company at any of our branch offices to
recognize you as the next of kin to the late client and
therefore eligible to claim the funds. I will share fifty -
fifty with you and this can be completed successful within
few days.
I will be expecting your reply via my private E-mail:
kennedymartins@cooltoad.com
Sincerely,
Kennedy Martins.
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