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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.Michael Hutchins" <michaelhut@Z6.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 05:50:24 -0500
Subject: UNCLAIMED
Dear Sir,
First, I apologize using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude,
but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed in this medium.
My name is Mr.Michael Hutchins, Through some discreet inquiries from my local chambers of commerce, I do hope that you will be quite astute in private enterpreneurship and will have the ability to handle a financial business of considerable amount, which will form the bedrock of an extensive business partnership in due course.
In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you as a respected and honest individual and hope that you will handle this transaction with all maturity and confidentiality it deserves.
Currently, there is an UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT of US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars only) in my bank (UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND) which is part of
unclaimed deposits which may be converted to UNCLAIMED FUNDS and therefore forfeited if not
claimed before the end of this financial quarter.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate
any of the fund's beneficiaries. This is why I am contacting you.
We have in principles gotten approval to pay the Beneficiary/Next of Kin to the deceased
unclaimed bank account. But we cannot release the fund from this account unless someone applies for claim as the Next-of-Kin to the funds as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your partnership to have you stand as the Beneficiary/Next of Kin to the account. All necessary documentations will be carefully and legally worked out by us for the funds (US$15,500,000.00) to be released in your favour as the new Beneficiary/Next-of-Kin.
Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you US$ 3.1 Million of the transferred sum being 20% of the entire sum, During the course of the transaction, all incidental expenses made by you shall be reimbursed.
In order to get this business underway, I would require from you through this email address
michaelhut@Z6.com as a matter of urgency the following:
1). Beneficiary name or company name
2). Address and telephone and fax numbers
This will be used to process the payment.
if I don't hear from you within three days I will assume you are not interested and will solicit for a new partner, If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly delete/detroy
this letter in view of the personalities involved.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest cooperation.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Michael Hutchins
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