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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: "ADAMS WELLINGTON REMITTANCE DIRECTOR"
<adamswellington@southafricanreservebank.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:17:21 +0000
Subject: South African Reserve Bank
FROM: DR. ADAMS WELLINGTON
REMITTANCE DIRECTOR; South African Reserve Bank.
REPLY TO EMAIL: adamswellington@southafricanreservebank.com
Dear Friend,
It is my humble pleasure to write you this confidential letter
irrespective of the fact that you do not know me. I feel quite safe dealing
with you
in this business proposition having gone through your remarkable
profile on the internet. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly
abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the
fastest,
surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this
correspondence
is purely private, and it should be treated as such. My Name is DR. ADAMS
WELLINGTON, I am the the Director of Foreign Remittance at the South
African Reserve Bank. I have decided to contact you on this business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us.
The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (SOUTH AFRICAN
RESERVE BANK) in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR.
ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, who was one of my foreign depositors, should be declared
Dormant and confisticated the depositor's fund to the Bank Treasury
according to South African Banking and Financial law. He is a foreigner
based in South Africa and was among the people that died in a Ghastly
Motor accident with his Family since last three (3) years. Right now,
the Money is lying unclaimed in our custody hence there is no next of kin
mentioned in his file with this Bank and there is no how we can reach any of
his
relatives. The said amount involved is the sum of US$35,000,000.00
(Thirty Five Million U.S. Dollars).
He is an account holder in my bank, he owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$35M (Thirty Five Million United States Dollars Only)
deposited in the account. In fact it happened that since her death, the next
of kin
of the dollar account holder (the brother) has not show up for the claim.
This is where I am interested on and this is where I want you to come in. I
want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you
necessary Assistance and perfect the Legal Authentication documents which
will
officially recognise you as a relation to the deceased. Then, I will
give you the contact of the Payment Authority and you will write an
application for the claims as the Next of Kin to Late MR. ROBERT
FINKELSTEIN.
I shall guide you with all diligence and legal processes to ensure the
smooth perfect success of this transaction and the Funds (US$35Million)
must be transfered into your own bank account in your country as the
newly approved beneficiary. Upon my personal finding on this matter, I kept
this information secret to myself until now that I am contacting you.
In view of the fact that the deceased customer is a foreigner (from a
different country), it is Officially important for the involvement of a
foreigner
who will pose as a next-of-kin. I will use my exalted position in this
Bank to present you as his Next of Kin as you can be his relative, friend or
Cousin and the Money (US$35Million) will be Safely transfered into your
own bank account in your country. Before I made up my mind to contact you,
I have concluded every arrangement to ensure that you receive the funds
successfully as the next of kin.
Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying
this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate
your willingness to assist in this transaction. We will use our positions to
get all internal documentations to back up the claims. The whole
Procedures will last only 5 working days to get the fund retrieved
successfully
Without trace even in future.
Please I need the following:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. HOME ADDRESS / COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS.
4. BANK ACCOUNT (WHERE YOU WILL WANT THE MONEY TO BE TRANSFERED INTO)
5. YOUR AGE.
The transaction will be done successfully and smoothly completed via
email and phone. You don't need to come to my country. Send your full
name, address and telephone number to me via email urgently today so that I
will call you for discussions. I PROMISE that you must be happy and
shall rejoice greatly soonest once you cooperate with me in this
transaction.
After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the
money 50-50 (50% for you and 50% for me).
Immediately I recieve your response indicating your interest, I shall
send you more details. Remember that your Faithfulness, and
Confidentiality is mostly required.
Yours truly,
DR. ADAMS WELLINGTON
REMITTANCE DIRECTOR; South African Reserve Bank.
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