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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 Phillip Andrews" <phillipandre@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: phillipandrews1@box.az
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:16:01 +0100
Subject: From Phillip Andrews(Urgent Reply)
Hello,
Greetings to you my dear friend,It is obvious that this
proposal will come to you as asuprise.Its because we
have not met before, but I am sending you this
email in regards of the fund transfer opportunity
that will be of mutual benefit to the two of us.
I am Barrister Phillip Andrews,the personal
Attorney to the late Senator Paul lane Wellstone,
a Citizen of the United states.
On the 25th of October 2002, my client,his wife and
their three children were involved in a fatal Plane Crash
on their way home.
Unfortunately they all lost their lives including
other people in the Plane.Since then I have made
several enquiries to several Embassies to locate any
of my clients extended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to trace and locate any member of his family but of no avail,
hence I contacted you.
I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money
and property left behind by my client since I have no
place to locate any of his relatives. I can easily
convince his bank in the Europe with my legal practice that
you are the only surviving relation of my client.Otherwise
the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits
were lodged.
Particularly, My late client had an account with one
of the banks in Europe valued at about US$9.3Million
(Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
which I witness the documentations before he left for the
states on 24 october 2002.
Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin to my client since I have been unsuccesfull
in locating the relatives.
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$9.3Million (Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) will be paid into your account and then you and
I can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5%
should be for expenses,tax as your government may require.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make. All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.
mail me on my altanative mail box :phillipandrews@box.az
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Phillip Andrews Esq
N.B. Please indicate your telephone and fax numbers
for easy communication in this mutual transaction.
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