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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: "LAWRENCE BUKE" <lawrenceduke@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:53:47 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR CO-OPERATIVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
ATTN: PRESIDENT / CEO,
Dear Sir,
REQUEST FOR CO-OPERATIVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
I am Mr.Lawrence Duke, Head Foreign Exchange Dept;
Banco Lupo,Madrid Spain. Every Six years, Spanish Banks transfer to it treasury, Millions of Dollars/Euro of unclaimed deceased Depositors Funds,in compliance withthe Banking Laws and Guidelines. In the majority of cases,with reference to my bank, Thebanco Lupo, the money normally runs into several millions of Dollars
Until Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong, governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, his wife and only daughter with other four other finance officials returning from a conference in Bali Died in a plane crash in Taiwan, I was his foreign currency denoted Bank Account Manager with constant balance in excess of eight digits. Ever since his death and up till this time of
writing, no next of kin or relation of his has come forward to claim his money with us,since they lost their only daughter who was supposed to inherit this liquid assets. However, with my position, I am directly in charge of Bills and Exchangein the Foreign Remittance Department of this bank. I am in a position to cause the payment of this money to whosoever that present himself or herself as the next of kin or relation of late Mr.Sheu Yuan-dong on 8private business deal basis. Please View this website:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
The purpose of my writing to you exclusively is that I want to pull out this unclaimed money amounting to, US$47,900,000.00 (Forty Seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with your cooperation and assistance by just doing the following:
1. Act as the next of kin or relation of late Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong
2. Provide your bank account and location where you want the money remitted.
3. Provide your direct and private telephone/fax numbers for effective communication.
4. Give immediate reply to this proposal, using this email address:
duke_lawrence@yahoo.com.
Upon receipt of your response and agreeing with my terms, I will send toyou by fax the legally certified documents that proves that you are the next of kin/beneficiary of the said funds. For your co-operation and efforts 25% of the money will be for you as our foreign partner, while 70% will be for my colleagues and myself that will eventually visit your country for disbursement of our fund portion as the 5% will be set out for miscellaneous expense in the course of this transfer. As a matter of fact,it is pertinent to inform you that all modalities have been accomplished and all logistics in good shape to effect payment immediately. Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship. I will prefer all Communication and future correspondence in English Language.Treat with top confidentiality
Best regards,
Mr.Lawrence Duke,
Head Foreign Exchange Dept;
Banco Lupo.Madrid Spain.
email:duke_lawrence@yahoo.com
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