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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. C.Sherman" <sherman1@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sherman2@zwallet.com
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:45:14 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.Sherman (A BRITISH CITIZEN), I work in a bank here in the Germany with a corresponding office in UK.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account, though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the conclusion of this t
ransaction I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION.
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Mr. Thomas Stone in our UK branch office before I move to Germany for an official assignment. Mr. Thomas Stone with his wife in the plane crash of 31 October, 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alongside
ot
her passengers.
Please consult the Cable News Network (CNN) website below for verification.
<http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html> or
<http://216.157.75.11/discus/messages/1073/400.html?1086886167>
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to 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 gu
idelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out for the funds S$35,000,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may in
interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.
Because after four to five years the money will be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money will be shared amongst the directors of the bank. So it is on this Note I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of
kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow The bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.
Endeavour to furnish me the following informations if you are interested.
1. Your first and last names
2. Complete mailing address
3. 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.
I shall be compensating you with 20% of the Whole funds on final conclusion of this Projectfor your assistance, and 10% set aside for any expenses incurred by both of us and 70% shall be for me, for investment purposes,because I intend to retire from act
ive service after the conclusion of this transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust i have
bestowed in you Please reply to E-mail: sherman2@zwallet.com </mailto.cgi?sid=13851742&addr=sherman2@zwallet.com>
Regards.
Mr. C.Sherman
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