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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: "johnkelly" <johkelly@hotbrev.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:57:14 CET
Subject: Sincere Partner?
John Kelly
Please refer your acceptance mail through
mrjkjnr@yahoo.co.in
Sir;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a hugh
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 sure that you
are experienced in handling this sums. We decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION; We discovered an abandoned sum of US$29,500,000.00
(Twenty-Nine million Five Hundred united states
dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers who paid in these funds into our
bank as depository for an investment program he was
involved. She was at our bank five(5) months ago at the
beginning of this investment program, but
unfortunately she died through circumstantial
reasons. The details of the investment program
states that she and she only is in control of the
funds and it was invested out of her corporate
estate. Her family records are not stated in our
bank records and in her investment program
contracts. Thus her family are not aware. Again she
is a widow.
The rules in our bank here in South Africa puts the
money under current Bank Assets as soon as they do
not get communication from the accounts owner within
a stipulated period agreed during the clients
accounts opening. In the case of this customer, he
is meant to send banking instructions every three
months. She died one month ago and I got to know from my
sources, and her Obituary has also stated in the
link below:
http://www.herald-journal.com/obits/2004/barnes0104.html
She has been buried and I know no one knows about
these funds. Since her death, none of his
next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay
claims for this money as the heir. 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, we now seek your permission to
have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as
all documentations will be carefully worked out by
us for the funds (US$29,500,000.00) to be released
in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to know that we have secured
from the probate an ORDER OF MADAMUS to locate any
of deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by
furnishing me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letter of
claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals in your favour before the transfer can be
made. We look forward to your suggestions and
sharing formula. Your share stays while the rest
shall be for us for investment purposes. If this
proposal is acceptable
by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we
have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail.
Regards,
Mr. John Kelly.
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http://www.hotbrev.com - E-postadresser med attityd
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