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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: "DR AHMED MUSA" <drmusa@mail2banker.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mallammusa02@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:31:30 -0800
Subject: FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION
Dear Confidant,
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased customer's account who On the 25th of July 2000, the deceased, German property magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone apprehensive,I would like to assure you that we are sending you this mail with the best of intensions.
THE ISSUE;
Since then We have been trying to get this funds out of the bank, the sum of US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in the above accident stated above.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the beneficiary. 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$12,000,000.00) 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
court, an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. We shall be compensating you with $3,000,000(Thre Million
Dollars) on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be
for us.
Your share stayswith you while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent response to this email and if not kindly discard and maintain confidentiality.
Thank You.
Kind Regards,
Mr Ahmed Musa.
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