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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: davidcoldman@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:59:32 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ESTATE=20BENEFICIARY?=


Re: Next of kin.

I write this mail in confidence, believing that it will reach you in high
spirit and I also believe that you will maintain the level of confidence
and trust that this business deal requires. Though I know that this Deal
may make you apprehensive and worried, but I assure you that all will be
well at the end. Before proceeding, I wish to introduce myself. I am Mr.
David Coldman, a Manager with Llyods TSB BANK,United Kingdom.

MY PROPOSAl TO YOU:

An America Citizen, by name Mr. William Barnes, a successful businessman
until his death in EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 990 on 31st October, 1999. His wife Mrs.
Tamsin Barnes and daughter Ms. Paula Barnes died with him in the plane crash.
For further information regarding the plane crash, kindly visit this website:
http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm.
Before the death of Mr. Barnes,he operated a domiciliary account with my
bank and had a closing balance as at the end of August 1999 amounting to
£4,500,000.00(Four Million five hundred British Pounds Sterling Only). Since
his death,my bank has been expecting a next of kin to stand as beneficiary
to these funds but no one has come has come up. Valuable efforts have been
made by my department to locate any of late William Barnes relative or his
business partner to stand as beneficiary to his estates but there was no
success in our search.
It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
of Late William Barnes next of kin since his wife and daughter died with
him in the plane crash. Consequently, the top boards of Directors of my
bank are planning to declare the fund "Unclaimed" and transfer it to special
trust fund for purchase of arms and ammunition for soldiers in Iraq.In other
to avert this negative development, I now seek your permission to have you
stand as next of kin to the estate of late William Barnes, so that these
funds £4,500,000.00 will be released and paid into your nominated bank account
as the beneficiary and next of kin. I will perfect all documents and proves
to enable us transfer these funds. I have secured from the probate registry
an order of mandamus to locate any of the Late William Barnes relative or
Business partner.I am assuring you that this deal is risk free and all documents
will be perfected legitimately. Once these funds are moved to your nominated
account, you will be entitle to 40% as gratification to this deal, 10% will
be set aside for any expenses incurred in the cause of this business deal
and 50% will be for me. Have it in mind that my share will be in your care
until I am able to resign from active service with my bank. I will also
like you to invest my share immediately in a profitable venture and any
profit made will be shared 50-50 between us.As soon as I receive your acceptance
to participate in this deal, I will furnish you with the necessary modalities
to commence.
Finally, I am relying in my confidence in you having opened up to you.If
you are not interested, please feel free to inform me so that i will continue
to scout for a willing partner.
For further correspondence, kindly contact me via my personal email address
davidcoldman@netscape.net or my direct telephone number +44-709-203-0420

Sincerely,
David Coldman.



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