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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: abdul.shangi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:35:42 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Accept=20my=20regards=20and=20esteem?=
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON!!
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. However,a transaction
of this magnitude will certainly make anyone apprehensive and worried, butI
am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
I am a Consulting Auditor, with one of the prime banking institutions in
Africa. I came across your contact in my private search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle this confidential business with me. The business
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account and this
requires maximum confidentiality.
THE PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of Thirty two Million USD in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who died
along with his wife in a plane crash Involving EGYPT AIR FLIGHT MS990, on
the 31st day of October 1999. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or
relations has come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir.
However, according to the stipulated banking rules and regulations, any
account that remains domant for 3 years without any justifyable reasons
should be decleared as "non-operational" and will be retuned to the treasury.
Upon this discovery, and since no family member nor relative of the deceased
has ever appeared to claim the said fund, I am now seeking your maximun
co-operation to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased so that the
funds can be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary of the
fund otherwise, the fund will be returned to the treasury as unclaimed funds
and will subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for the acquisition of
arms and ammunition to further enhance the cause of war in the World.
Consequent to this matter, the Judiciary have issued an order of
MANDAMUS in an attempt to locate anybody related to the decease.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message and your acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and complete address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
The above requirements will enable us to file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. All documents and proofs to enable you substantiate your claim
will be carefully worked out. On the final conclusion of this project, the
ratio for sharing the proceeds from this venture will be, 70% shall be for
us, 25% shall be for you and the remaining 5% shall be used to compensate
either parties for any expenses incurred. Although,I have the intentions
of investing part of my own share of the fund into charity.
Whilst this abnormalities may as well raise your doubts in view of the fact
that you are a person not physically known to me, I advise that a healthy
degree of caution be exercised before conclusions are reached by your very
goodself. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage
of the trust I have bestowed in you. I eagerly await your urgent response.
Please, respond to my confidential alternative email:
abdulshangi@zipmail.com.br
Your's Faithfully,
ABDUL SHANGI
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