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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: "Von H. Heinz." <codedtools@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:48:06 +0100
Subject: Private Request.
MR. VON HEINZ
Valiant Privatbank AG
Postfach,3001 Bern.
Switzerland.
26 December, 2004
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 assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you
due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION:
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$5,500,000 Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died
along with his entire family. Since his 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 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 the 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 shall be
compensating you with a million dollars on final conclusion of this project,
while the rest shall be for us. 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 on you.
I await your urgent mail.
Regards.
Von H. Heinz.
N:BYou can reach me with the information below:
E-mail: codedtools@netscape.net
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