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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: "LIBERTY CHAMBERS" <confidential@liberty-chambers.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:44:59 +0000
Subject: HELLO
Good Day Sir/Ma,
Firstly, not to cause you embarrassment, I am Mr. Douglas Aku, a
South-Africa by Nationality, a Solicitor at law based in the
United Kingdom and the personal attorney to Late Mr. Samy Makary a
National
of finland, who used to be a private contractor
with the Halliburton Company in Saudi Arabia, herein after shall be
referred
to as my client.
Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from his contract employers (Gardiner &
Theobald)
that Mr Samy Makary was aboard the EgyptAir
Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31 1999 (
http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm).
Since then, I have made several enquiries with his country's embassies
to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, this
has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I
decided to contact you with this business
partnership proposal. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating a
huge
amount of money left behind by my Client before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this
huge
deposit was lodged.
The deceased had a deposit valued presently at £30,000,000.00(Thirty
million
pounds) and the Bank has issued me a notice to
provide his next of kin or Beneficiary by Will otherwise have the
account
confiscated within the next thirty official working
days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over three
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of
this
account valued at £30Million(Thirty million
pounds) can be paid to you.
This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, sixty percentage
to
me and fourty precentage to you.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to Back up any
claim
will be obtained From the Court of England with
the Certificate Of Deposit which has been issued to me by the Bank. All
I
require is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this project through.
I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate
Arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
All the relevant documents that will give you the legal backing to
claim the
fund will be processed.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message by e-mail or fax as I am
based
in the United Kingdom. And please provide me the
following below; this is to enable me commence immediate preparation of
all
legal document that will back up our claim.
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Best regards,
Barrister. Douglas Aku.
N.B
This is real,legal and most importantly 100% risk free and if you are
interested,pls contact me on
douglasaku@liberty-chambers.com or you can call me or fax me on this
number +44-870-134-7908
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