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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: "BRYAN KENNET" <drbryanken@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: drbryanken@steam.to
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:50:21 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUISNESS RELATIONSHIP

Westpac Banking Corporation,
63 St. Mary Axe
London EC3A 8LE
Attn;

Having obtained your contact from the internet that you have been doing
all what is necessary to deserve trust, coupled with my deep interest to
invest in your country, I decided to contact and solicit your mutual assistance
at all cost.

I am Mr. Kenneth Bryan Branch Manager, Westpac Banking Corporation London.
On January
6th 1998, one Mr. Luiwisky Ryzard, an Polish National,a consultant/contractor
with Shell Petroleum deveploment Company in United Kingdom, made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit, valued
at USD$4,500,000.00(Four Million,Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) for twelve
calender months in my Bank Branch.

Upon Maturity, we 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 (Shell Development) that Mr. Luiwisky Ryzard
died from
an automobile accident. On further investigation, it was discovered that
he
died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.

It was also discovered that Late Mr. Luiwisky Ryzard
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,
including in his deposit Agreement with our Bank. The total sum, USD$4,500,000.00
is still 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.
In accordance with the Federal banking Laws and constitution, at the expiration
of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government
if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the funds.

Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the
next of kin to
late Mr. Luiwisky Ryzard so that you and I can benefit from this Fund. Upon
acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you the copy of the agreement
and Certificate of deposit of the Fund with our Bank as well as detailed
information on how this deal would be transacted. We shall employ the services
of an Anttorney to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the
necessary documentations for the payment approval in my bank headquarters
in
your favour. Therefore what i need basically from you rigth now are the
following;

a) Your Full names
b) Your Contact Address
c) Your Telephone number for easy communication.

The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty five percent for me, thirty
five percent for you. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use
my position as the Bank's Branch Manager to secure approvals and guarantee
the successful execution of this transaction. Please be informed that your
utmost confidentiality is required. If this interests you, please reply
me immediately via the private email address below so that i can provide
you with any other detail you migth require for your better understanding
and immediate commencement of the transaction.

Kindly reply me through my email addresses; drbryanken@steam.to



Awaiting your urgent response.
Thanks.

Best Regard,
Mr Kenneth Bryan.


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