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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "MR.DAVID ELLIS" <daveelis@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: Daveelis@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:12:08 +0100
Subject: SOLICITING FOR YOU ASSISTANCE
NAME: DAVID ELLIS.
EMAIL: Daveelis@netscape.net
FAX: +31 84 750 1024
Dear friend,
I am Mr. David Ellis partner with Polak and Associates, a Solicitor at law based in the Holland Amsterdam and the personal attorney to Late Mr. Issawahba Wahba a National of Egypt, who used to be a private contractor with the Halliburton Company in Saudi Arabia, herein after shall be referred to as my client.
Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers (Gardiner & Theobald) that Mr. Issawahba Wahba was aboard the Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm).
Since then, I have made several enquiries with his country's embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you with this business partnership proposal. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating a huge amount of money left behind by my Client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposit was lodged.
The deceased had a deposit valued presently at $55 Million United State Dollars and the Bank has issued me a notice to provide his next of kin or Beneficiary by Will otherwise have the account confiscated within the next thirty official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over three years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account will be process with your name.
This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, sixty percent to me and fourty percent to you. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to Back up any claim will be obtained in Netherlands court with the Certificate Of Deposit which has been issued to me by the Bank. All I require is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us
sees this project through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
Arrangement that will protect you from any .
All the relevant documents that will give you the legal backing to claim the fund will be processed. Please acknowledge receipt of this message by e-mail. And please provide me the following below to my above email address; this is to enable me commence immediate preparation of all legal document that will back up our claim.
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Best regards,
Mr. David Ellis.
Daveelis@netscape.net
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