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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: "ALAN" <alanbackford2000@netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:22:28 -0800
Subject:
Attention:
Compliments and Greetings. Please kindly allow me
introduce myself. My names are Alan Backford,
I am an accountant, by age 31 Years, graduate of the
American Open University in Dubai, I am an
English and I have returned to England for one reason;
for the up bringing of my children in an English
orientation.
I was the head of the account department of a Private
Bank in Netherlands and I would like to intimate
you with certain facts that I believe would be of
interest to you. This involves a client who shared the same last name with
you and had an investment placed under our
bank's management years ago, the circumstances
surrounding the investment made by this client who
died interstate, with no known nominated successor in
title over this investment made with the
Private Banking Branch of my bank has made it very
difficult to locate anyone who is directly related to
the deceased.
With the very strong feeling that no one will ever
come forward to claim the funds and the investigation
coming to a close after several months, the need for
an assistance becomes crucial, as a next of kin to
the depositor is earnestly being searched for, I have
already developed a fullproof, legal and totally
risk free means through which the fund can be released
to your nominated bank account within a very
short time after due documentation and authentication
process.
The strategy is to use the information contained in
the file of the deceased to put up an application as
the only surviving next of Kin and beneficiary of the
deposit. I want to assure you that I have concluded
all local modalities for the successful completion of
this within 10 banking days of your agreement to
proceed with me as the required assistance is
perfected to be 100% risk free.
I expect your urgent response and if in the
affirmative, I shall advice you on what we need to do. I would
therefore appreciate it, if you send all your messages
and correspondence to my private and confidential
email address: alanbackford_1@corporation.net
I sincerely hope you respond soon.
Best regards,
Alan Backford.
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