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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: "robert" <addy_1@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: robert_brooks@uymail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:15:25 -0800
Subject: proposal
PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS
AT; robert_brooks@uymail.comthis is the only way I
will be able to receive your response. Thank you.
Mr.Robert Brooks
Royal Bank of Scotland.
36 st Andrews Square,
Edinburgh
Dear friend,
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal
soliciting for your unreserved assistance in consummating
an urgent transaction requiring maximum confidence. Though
this approach appears desperate, I can assure you that
whatever questions you would need to ask or any other
thing you will need to know regarding this proposal will
be adequately answered to give you a clearer understanding
of it, so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.
My name is Mr.Robert Brooks, Head of Securities, Royal
Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. On February 17,2002, a
foreign industrialist Mrs Jocelyn Benoit owner of Falconar
Aravia an aerospace Industrty in Canada, made a numbered
time (fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
10,000,000.00, (Ten Million Pounds Sterling) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to her
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent
a reminder and finally we discovered from her contract
partners,that Mrs. Benoit died from an automobile
accident.On further investigation, I found out that She
died without making a will, and all attempts to trace Her
next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that Mrs. Benoit did not
declare any next of kin or relations in all her official
documents,including her Bank Deposit paperwork in our
Bank.
Due to the funds being temporarily unclaimable, the funds
have being moved out of our bank ( as sundry funds )to an
offshore Deposit Company here in Europe by Mrs Benoits
Lawyer under our supervision.
From past experiences, I know that no one will ever come
forward to claim the deceased funds. According to Scottish
laws, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the funds will
be Unclaimable and revert to the ownership of the
Canadian Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
In order to avert this negative development, I in
conjunction with a
colleague (the Chief Operating Officer in the Bank) now
seek your permission to us do a CHANGE OF
OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of stated funds from the
"deceased" to your name, so that the funds ( Ten million
Pounds) would be released to you as the new owner (on
behalf of me and my colleague). We are writing you
because, as public servants, we cannot operate a foreign
account or have an account that is more than 20,000.00
Pounds.
Consequently, you will be presented as the owner of the
funds in the Deposit Company so you can be able to claim
them, after all necessary paperwork has being effected.
For us to commence, I will like you to provide the
following information immediately;
1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers
Once I receive these information, I will prepare the
necessary documents which will put you in place as the new
owner of the funds. The money will then be released to
your custody by the Deposit Company, for us to share in
the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you. There is no risk
at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the solicitor and this will guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply via my email address.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details, and further explanation that will help you
understand the transaction. No doubt this proposal will
make you apprehensive,please we imply you to observe
utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because we shall require your assistance to invest our
share in your country(Real estate and any other ideas you
may have), this is why your urgent action and response is
of great essence which will enable us conclude this
transaction in a timely and professional manner.
I await your swift response hoping you accept my proposal,
as time is of equal essence in this project as well as is
confidentiality. Your response should be to my private
email address: robert_brooks@uymail.com
Thank you and have a nice day.
Respectfully yours,
Mr. Robert Brooks.
PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS
AT;robert_brooks@uymail.com this is the only way I
will be able to receive your response. Thank you.
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