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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: "Mr. Gordon Williams" <all4one@tiscali.de>
Reply-To: all4one@london.com
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:02:49 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,
Dear Sir/Madam,
My sincere apologies if this email does not meet your business and personal
ethics. I will introduce myself as a staff in the accounts management section
of a well-known bank here in the United Kingdom.
One of our accounts with a balance of £15,000,000 (Fifteen Million British
Pounds) has been a dormant account and not been operated for the past 4
years.
From my investigations, the owner of this account, a foreigner, Austin Martins
died in August 2000 and since then nobody has done anything as regards the
claiming of this money because he has no family members who are aware of
the existence of neither the account nor the funds. Also information from
the Home Office shows that he was also single on entry into the UK.
I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the bank officials and
we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We thus
propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these
funds from the deceased and funds released to you after due processes have
been followed.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is a legitimate
and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other
illegal act. If you are interested, let me hear from you.
Regards,
Gordon.
N.B>>> Please you can reach me here Mustgocom@london.com
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