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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: Heron Thanks <mailinquiry002@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: heronthanks00@uku.co.uk
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:54:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: THANKS HERON
Trent House, Arden Road,
London, United Kingdom.
Telephone 44 704 572 3516
Good day to you.
I am HERON THANKS, an engineer with Exxon Mobil in London
http://www.exxonmobil.co.uk). I got your contact address from
an associate working with the British Export Promotion Council.
I am in charge of offshore remittance in this establishment.
I am seeking your assistance for a transfer of [GB �42.M] FORTY
TWO MILLION POUNDS STERLING] to your account for further
private investment. Please note that the nature of your job/business
does not matter and you will be better informed when I hear from you.
This amount accrued from an over-invoiced contract amount for the
construction of an Oil Refinery Sub-stations in east London in 2005
to expatriate companies The contract was originally valued for one
Hundred and Twenty Seven million pounds �127,00 0,000.00) but we
manipulated the figure to read one Hundred and Sixty Nine Million
pound sterling (�169,000,000.00) The extra �42,000,000.00 is what
we want to transfer to your account for our own personal use.
This contract has been completely executed and the original
contractors have been paid all their contract bills less this
�42,000,000.00 for your assistance, we have agreed to remunerate
you with 30% because it is impossible for us to claim the amount
here in London without foreign collaboration. 5% has been mapped
out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by either party during
this business, and 65% for myself.
All modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer of
this money have been worked out. This transaction is 100% risk
free but requires 100 percent confidentiality.
This is a golden opportunity, which must not be allowed to slip
out of any careless acts and utterances. We chose you for this
transaction because we believe that good friends can be discovered
and businesses such as this cannot be realized without trust.
You can be rest assured that your security has been considered
before you were contacted. I will let you have the details, but in
summary, the fund would be paid to you through a Finance
Company where it is presently deposited as soon as the filing
and documentation process is concluded in your name.
Upon the receipt of this mail message, feel free to send to me
the following, to enable us start the process:
1 Your full Names and contact address.
2 Your private telephone and fax numbers.
3 Sex
4 Profession
Thanks and best regards in anticipation of your response.
Best Regards
Heron Thanks
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