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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: "Barrister William Ibe" <williamibe@tsamail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ibewilliam@tsamail.co.za
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:20:56 -0800
Subject: THIS IS URGENT,
THIS IS URGENT,
With close inquiries made about you , I believe you can handle this matter.I
humbly seek your assistance in a matter that needs utmost trust and confidence
since we have not met, permit me however, I am Barrister William Ibe. I
am contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition below, which will
be of mutual benefit to us both.
PROPOSITION
A salvadorean, Mr. Peter Bush, 66 years of age and a very prosperous
farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in the sum of (US$30 Million
United States Dollars) he named his wife Mrs. Helga Bush as the NEXT OF KIN . I was called upon as an Accredited Attorney to the bank to sign and endorse documents to this deposit on Mr. Bush?s behalf.Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Bush were killed in the January 14, earthquake that rocked El Salvador ,killing thousands of people and 1200 others were declared missing.The bank management now mandates me (being the lawyer that signed and endorsed the deposit papers
for the deceased to trace the family relatives of the deceased so that the
fund will be released to them. I was made to understand that they had no
children. I made several efforts through the El Salvador High Commission
in Lagos to contact any of the deceased family relatives, but to no avail.Failure to reach any of the family relatives of the deceased ,the only option left for the Bank?s Management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the fund on trading and investment in the interest of the bank. In order to avoid this development since it has so far been impossible to trace any of the deceased family relatives.
I now seek your permission and assistance to have you stand as a distant
relatives to the deceased. So that the fund can be released to you and we
can use it for our mutual benefit. I hope you do understand my concern in
this matteris,that if we do not use this opportunity to claim this fund ,
since the deceased relatives cannot be traced, The management of the bank
will declare the deceased?s account dormant and revert the fund on Trading
and Investment in the interest of the bank. For your assistance, you will
be compensated adequately with (40%) of the total sum (55%) will be my own
share while (5%) will be set aside to cover any incidental expense made both
at home and abroad prior to this transaction .
If you are interested in assisting me with this matter, please send to me
urgently via my EMAIL the following details below: *Full name,Company or
Private Address*Telephone and Fax number(s).Upon receiving the above details
from you, I will work out every documents/proof representing you as the
deceased BONA-FIDE distant relative and when this is done, you will be contacted
by the bank for the release and collection of this fund, which will be within
one week of my receiving the above details from you. I will meet with you
in your country for disbursement after the fund might have been released
to you and also to discuss investment potentials as I
will like to invest in your country with your assistance.Be assured that
this transaction is 100% risk free,as I have taken care of all necessary
modalities to enable a hitch free transaction.Kindly ensure to treat this
matter in strict privacy (Highly Confidential).
yours sincerely,
Barrister William Ibe
Please reply me through my private ID:ibewilliam@tsamail.co.za
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