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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: terry smit <smit.terry2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "smitterry@Safe-mail.net" <smitterry@Safe-mail.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:14:20 -0400
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Hello,
You have not responded to my letter sent two weeks ago by regular mail in which I expressed my grave concerns about an investment of a customer who share your last name.
As you already know, I am an IT specialist working as the Project Manager at the International and Private Banking Division of the SNS Bank of Netherlands and presently in London , the United Kingdom on official duties. I have more than Seventeen years experience in the Information Technology Industry during which period I have been responsible for various E-Networking, E-commerce, IT-Infrastructural and Software solutions at the SNS Bank of Netherlands .
I would respectfully request that you treat the contents of this mail as privileged and proprietary and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this correspondence because am contacting you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this communication. Hence, I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you and mutually beneficial if pursued to its conclusion with the necessary speed and determination.
The bank is at the verge to closing an investment account of high value belonging apparently to your family member who was a Petroleum Engineer at a time and reportedly died five years ago leaving behind an estate/capital with interest of a substantial amount of money in a now bonded account at the SNS Bank of Netherlands and till date nobody has come forward or put application for the claim.In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away, we officially instituted our own investigations in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the estate. This investigation has for the past months been unfruitful.
The investigation did not ever yield any result and my official capacity dictates that I am the only party to supervise the investigation and just recently, it occurred to me that you and I could work on this matter and share the proceeds equally being that you are a member of the man?s lineage though you may not be biologically related to him but at least you both share same last name which put you in the right position to be the only suitable apparent heir of the estate.
However, to maintain some level of security/confidentiality, I have intentionally left out some privileged information and urge you to contact me today and let?s discuss the modalities/logistics of realizing this goal.
In compliance with the standard requirements and to double-check with my record and ensure that you are indeed the addressee of this mail, I need you to reconfirming your contact information which include but not limited to your contact details, your full names (no initial please)and your age range, (Date of Birth) as prove of maturity to handle a project of this magnitude. I will provide you with all the privileged information/legal documents relating to the deceased customer and his bonded investment account when I receive your information and double-checked same satisfactorily. I will also guide you through the entire process of the transaction and ensure that the deal is consummated without the breach of the laws.
I am aware of the consequences of this proposal and humbly request that you discard this mail if you find no interest in this project. I ask that you should not be vindictive if you are not interested in taking this further. Please notify me and delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.
Do not ruin my career by contacting the management of my bank simply because you are not interested in my proposal. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector in the banking industry. I am not a criminal and neither will you be one by consummating this deal with me. This may be hard for you to understand,but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move.Opportunities like this seldom come and therefore I am committed to realizing this goal in spite of all odds. I need your courage and commitment to actualize this transaction and together we can make it happen.
I do expect your prompt response and you can call me anytime your time on tel: +44 -700-594-2510 and let's take this matter further.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
TERRY SMIT
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