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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: "Harris Wood." <audit_002_za@yahoo.com.br> (may be fake)
Reply-To: harris_001_2001@yahoo.com.br
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 01:34:48 +0100
Subject: From Harris.
Compliments of the day,
My name is Harris Wood, I am a consulting auditor with one of the prime
banks here in South Africa. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of
my client bank who perished with his whole families on 25TH JULY,2000
in CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [Flight AF4590] with the whole passengers on
board.
During the course of my auditing work with my client bank, I discovered
an account opened in the bank in 1998 by this great late INDUSTRIALIST who
died without a written or oral 'WILL' attached to the account. Since his
death, I further investigated with keen interest to see if i can get any
relative of the late industrialist but all has proved abortive as no one has come
to claim his funds and no other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death
he was the CEO of his company.
The total amount involved is $36,000,000.00 USD.[Thirty Six Million
United States Dollar]. We wish to start the first transfer with
$10,000,000.00[Ten million] and upon successful transaction without any disappointment
from yourside, we shall re-apply for the transfer of the remaining balance to
your account.I have secretly discussed this matter with a close confidant
attorney whom I must involve in order to assist us produce legal back-up
documents which would substantiate your claims and also enable us have a smooth and
successful transfer of the fund to any foreign bank account which you are going to
nominate. On this note, I decided to seek for a reliable foreigner who will act
as the foreign beneficiary of the fund from the deceased by providing his/her
bank account where the fund will be transferred.
The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than six
years without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government
treasury as unclaimed after this long period of dormancy. In view of this I got
your contact through my personal search to see if you can assist by providing
your safe bank account for the transfer or find a reliable person who will be
capable of receiving such amount in his or her personal account. At the conclusion
of the transfer 65% of the fund will be for me, I will give you 20% of the
total transfer sum, 10% for charity both in Africa and in your country while the
remaining 5% will be set aside to settle expenses both parties might incure during the
transfer process.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a detailed information about the
transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is 100% risk
and trouble free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund
transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking days, after you apply to the bank as
the beneficiary of the fund from the deceased. When you receive this letter. I look
forward to your earliest reply through my private email address <mailto:harris_001_2001@yahoo.com.br>
and telephone number +874 763 591 435. Fax number +874 763 591 436.Just add your international
dial out code number and you will get through.You should also include your private fax and
phone numbers for easy and safe communication.
Respectfully Yours,
Mr Harris Wood.
Phone: +874 763 591 435
Fax : +874 763 591 436
Email: <harris_001_2001@yahoo.com.br>
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