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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: "liu jiankai" <liu2@hongkonglinks.org>
Reply-To: jliu1@primposta.com
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:59:43 +0000
Subject: Re:Pls.reply
WING HANG BANK LTD
253-259 Castle Peak Road,
Cheung Sha Wan,
Kowloon,
Hong Kong.
REPLY TO:- jliu1@primposta.com
By introduction my name is Mr.Liu Jiankai, credit officer of Wing Hang Bank
Ltd.
I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
On August 6, 1999, a British consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid
Minerals Corporation, Mr. Philip Brian a British citizen made a numbered
time
(Fixed)Deposit for twelve calendar months. (Thirty-eight Million Dollars
only) in my branch.
Upon maturity ,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers,
the Hong Kong Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Philip Brian died from a
boat mishap.
On further investigation I found out that he died without making a WILL, and
all attempts
to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Philip Brian
did not declare
any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork
in my Bank. This sum of money is still sitting in my Bank and the interest
is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one
will ever come
forward to claim it. According to Laws of Hong Kong, at the expiration of 5
(five) years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody
applies to
claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in
as the next
of kin to Mr. Philip Brian so that the fruits of this old man's labor will
not get into
the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like
you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare
the necessary
documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 65%
for me and 30%
for you and 5% for Expenses Incurred in the course of the transaction .
There is no risk at
all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney
and with my position
as the credit officer guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.If you are
interested, please reply immediately to my alternate e-Mail
address:jliu1@primposta.com
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will
help you understand the transaction.
Please send me your confidential e-mail address for communication. You
should observe utmost
confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us
because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your quick reply.
Sincerely
Liu Jiankai
REPLY TO:jliu1@primposta.com
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