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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. John Kelly" <mrjkjnr1@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrjkjnr@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:43:05 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT
John Kelly
Please refer your acceptance mail through
mrjkjnr@yahoo.co.in
Sir;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a hugh sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am sure that you are
experienced in handling this sums. We decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$29,500,000.00 (Twenty-Nine million
Five Hundred united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one
of our foreign customers who paid in these funds into our bank as
depository for an investment program he was involved. She was at our
bank five(5) months ago at the beginning of this investment program,
but unfortunately she died through circumstantial reasons. The details
of the investment program states that she and she only is in control of
the funds and it was invested out of her corporate estate. Her family
records are not stated in our bank records and in her investment
program contracts. Thus her family are not aware. Again she is a widow.
The rules in our bank here in South Africa puts the money under current
Bank Assets as soon as they do not get communication from the accounts
owner within a stipulated period agreed during the clients accounts
opening. In the case of this customer, he is meant to send banking
instructions every three months. She died one month ago and I got to
know from my sources, and her Obituary has also stated in the link
below:
http://www.herald-journal.com/obits/2004/barnes0104.html She has been
buried and I know no one knows about these funds. Since her death, none
of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for 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 guidelines.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully
worked out by us for the funds (US$29,500,000.00) to be released in
your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an
ORDER OF MADAMUS to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. 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. We look forward to your suggestions and
sharing formula. Your share stays while the rest shall be for us for
investment purposes. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you, I await your
urgent mail.
Regards,
Mr. John Kelly
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