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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: muhammadkhalil <okonmike111@tatanova.com>
Reply-To: muhammadkhalil <muhammadkhlil2001@yahoo.co.in>
Date:
Subject: CLAIM OF NEXT KIN.
Attachments :
STRATEGY DEPARTMENT
MASHREQ BANK LIMITED
DUBAI
UNITED ARAB EMIRATE
ATTN:
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. I am Dr. Muhammad Khalil
Hasan, a banker with the Mashreq Bank Plc Dubai, UAE. I am the Accounts
officer of late Mr. Michael j.Brown the African Area Director of SIL
International, who unfortunately died in the crash of Kenya Airways
Flight 431 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30 2000. You will read more
stories about the crash on visiting this website,
news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2000/kenya2000.htm l and also in this
website, where Michael's company talked about his death in the Kenya
crash. Mr. Michael Brown was from Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Since the
death of Michael, I as his accounts officer in the bank, have made
several enquiries to locate his only surviving relation, without any
success. I came across your name and contact, on the course of my
personal searching for reliable and honest person whom will transact
this business with me so i decided to contact you for this project. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left
behind in a fixed deposit account by Michael, before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank. The board of my bank,
has issued a notice that after 2 months from now and no next of kin shown up for the claim, the funds will be confiscated and declared
unserviceable. Since I and my team have been unsuccessful in locating
Michael's relatives for sometime now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the
deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceed of this deposit
valued at $USD24.6 Million Dollars can be released to you. The bank will
release the funds to any foreigner who has all relatedinformation/documents to the bank
account. I am in charge of this matter in my bank, because I am his accounts officer. Your
application will be directed to my department for verification and approval.
Everything is under my control. I shall provide you all the information
and copy of the certificate of deposit issued to Michael when he deposited the funds. I shall also involve a
good attorney who shall represent you in all the appropriate offices for
the claim. I also have all necessary information we need for the claim
and once the money is transferred to you, I shall destroy all the
documents used for the claim and leave no traces.After everything, you shall have 40% of the
total sum,while 60% for me. All requires is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this business successful. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Michael was a very good man and it is not wise to allow his hard earned
wealth to be stolen by the greedy directors of my bank. Further details awaits your response by email.PLEASE, TREAT THIS
PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET, ALSO KEEP IT PERSONAL. Best Regards Muhammad
Khalil Hasan.
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