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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: "PETER HANES" <petehanes@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: petehanes@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:52:45 +0000
Subject: Sorry for intruding(Please Read)
Dear Friend,
My name is Peter Hanes, I work in a bank here in the
United Kingdom.I am contacting you of a business
transfer, of a huge sum of money from A deceased
account. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude Will make any one apprehensive and worried,
but I am assuring you that Everything has been taken
care off, and all will be well at the end
Of the day. I decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald
Welsh who died in an air crash along with his wife on
The 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with
Other passengers on board. You can confirm this from
The website below which was published by CNN.WEBSITE.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to
Make claims for this money as his heir, because they
All died in the same accident himself and his wife
(May Their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the
fund from his account unless someone applies for claim
as The next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
Banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek
your permission to have you stands as a next of kin to
The deceased, as all documentations will be carefully
Worked out by me for the funds (US$12,500,000. 00) to
Be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of
Kin.
Because after four to five years the money will be
called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills
and the money shared amongst the directors of the
bank. So it is on this Note I decided to seek for whom
his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary
to this funds rather than allow
The bank directors to share this money amongst
themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from
The probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the
Deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of
This message in acceptance of our mutual business
Endeavor by furnishing me with the following
Information if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name…. In order for me to prepare the
Document for transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers. For our personal
Contact and mutual trust in each other.
I shall be compensating you with 10 percent of the
Whole funds on final conclusion of this
Project for your assistance, while the balance $11.25
Million dollars shall be for me for investment
Purposes. Because I intend to retire after the
Conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal is
Acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
Immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust
I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail.
Regards,
Peter Hanes
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