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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: "Nigel Jesson" <ng2pk@easy.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nigjesson1@ukrpost.net
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 02:30:19 -0800
Subject: Transaction Proposal
Unity Trust Bank plc
3rd Floor Congress House
23-28 Great Russell St.
London C1B 3UB
Tel: 44 207 0600130
Fax: 44 207 900 1541
E-mail: nigjesson1@ukrpost.net
FROM: MR. NIGEL JESSON
CORPORATE BANKING
DEAR,
CORDIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
COURTESY OF OUR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY I TAKE LIBERTY
ANCHORED ON STRONG DESIRE TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE ON THIS MUTUAL BENEFICIAL AND RISK FREE
TRANSACTION WITH YOU THAT I HOPE YOU WILL GIVE
URGENT ATTENTION. TO BE PRECISE I AM MR. NIGEL
JESSION THE MANAGER CORPORATE RELATIONS OF UNITY
TRUST BANK PLC. LONDON. IN MY DEPARTMENT, WE
DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF 28,354,000.00 (TWENTY
EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND
BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) IN AN ACCOUNT BELONGING TO
ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER (ANIEL SOLOMON AN ISRAEL) WHO
DIED ON THE EVE OF 21ST DECEMBER 1988 (PAN-AM FLIGHT
103) AN AMERICA CIVIL AIRCRAFT BOEING 747 – 121 THAT
WAS ON ITS WAY FROM FRANKFURT VIA LONDON TO NEW YORK
WHEN IT CRASHED WITH NO SURVIVALS OVER LOCKERBIE
CITY IN SCOTLAND.
HAVING RECEIVED FULL INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE
HAVE LONG EXPECTED HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER
CLAIM HIS MONEY AS WE CAN NOT RELEASE IT EXCEPT SOME
ONE APPLY FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE
DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY/FORTUNATELY TILL DATE NO ONE HAS COME
FORWARD FO THIS CLAIM.
AFTER THIS BREAKTHROUGH I AND MY COLLEAGUES HAS
DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A CORDIAL TRUSTED CONFIDENTIAL
RISK FREE MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A
NEUTRAL BODY HENCE MY CONTACTING YOU, WE EXPECT YOU
TO PURPORTEDLY PRESENT YOUR GOOD SELF AS THE NEXT OF
KIN OR RELATION OF THE DECEASED SO THAT WE CAN
PREPARE DOCUMENTATIONS AN RELEASE THE FUNDS
(28,354,000.00 (TWENTY EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS)
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS “UNCLAIMED FUNDS”.
MODE OF SHARING AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
THE TRANSFER WILL BE FOLLOWS, FOR THE ROLE YOU WILL
BE EXPECTED TO PLAY IN THE ENTIRE EXERCISE, WE HAVE
AGREED TO YOU (30%) OF THE TOTAL SUM AND THE
REMAINING (70%) SHALL BE FOR ME AND MY GROUP IN
SUPPORT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED.
YOU ARE URGED TO REPLY THIS LETTER INDICATING YOUR
READINESS AN INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
BUSINESS IN LESS THAN 72HOURS.
UPON YOUR REPLY, BE ADVISED ON THE NEXT STEP FORWARD
AS WE HAVE PREPARED TO FINALISE THIS TRANSACTION IN
LESS THAN SEVEN (7) WORKING DAYS (ALL THROUGH
INTERNET ONLINE BANKING) ALL NECESSARY BANK CODE AND
DOCUMENTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY MYSELF AND MY
TEAM.
AT TIS POINT I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL PROTECT
OUR INTEREST BY KEEPING THIS BUSINESS TOP SECRET AND
CONFIDENTIAL, AS YOUR INTEREST WILL BE EQUALLY
PROTECTED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN MAXIMUM
CONFIDENTIALITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
ON THE ABOVE DEDICATED TEL, FAX OR EMAIL AS I COUNT
ON YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSES
YOURS TRULY,
MR. NIGEL JESSON
MANGER CORPORATE RELATIONS
UNITY TRUST BANK PLC. LONDON
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