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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: "MS BENITA ANNAN" <benita_annan@handbag.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: msbenita_annan@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:49:59 +0100
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT
Dear Sir,
I am the account officer to one late Sir Engr.Thomas Adams (ksm), who died intestate. I wish to ask your assistance in this bequest of funds. Nobody in my bank knows of this mail to you. This is just between me and you. The late Sir Thomas Adams until his death was a former Managing Director and pioneer staff of a company in Nigeria. He was very dedicated and a great philanthropist during his life time. Late Sir Thomas Adams died on 2nd February 2002 at the age of 68; I wish to notify you that he has deposit sum of US$15,000.000.00 [Fifteen Million US Dollars] with our bank but never left any next of kin or beneficiary of this deposit in the course of depositing the money. He was buried on the 23rd of February.
In view of the prevailing circumstance, the law requires that upon death, title to the deceased deposit must vest somewhere. The deceased never directed the passage of his deposit by will which puts us in a very difficult situation. If no valid WILL has been executed, the person is said to have died intestate,and the state law prescribes the distribution of the deposit among heirs or next of kin. If no heir or kin can be found, the deposit escheats to the state. I therefore wish to inform you that i want you to be presented as his next of kin. This is risk free transaction and it will be most illogical to transfer this deposit to the state based on the state laws.
I hereby request you forward any proof of identities, your current telephone and fax numbers including your forwarding address to enable me file the necessary documents with our bank for the release of this funds. You can view his obituary publication by checking this internet page:
http://www.lithuanian.net/memory/obits/#B
If this letter is acceptable by you, please indicate your interest. If i do not read from you in a short time, i would consider it that you do not have interest. But, I hope that i can count on your interest.
Yours faithfully,
FOR; CUSTOMER SERVICE(CBN)
MS. BENITA ANNAN.
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