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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: martinsabbey1@handbag.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:22:17 +0100
Subject: this is about unclaimed funds in my bank
Mr. ABBEY MARTINS
Imperial Bank.
Elma Park Eden vale
Gauteng 1610
South Africa
email:abbeymartins@excite.com
Dear Friend,
I am Mr.Abbey Martins, Head: Enterprise Wide Risk and member of the
executive and risk committees of Imperial Bank, South Africa. This is an
urgent and very confidential business proposition.
On June 6, 2002, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South African
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr.Stephen Wynn, made a numbered time(Fixed)Deposit
for 12 calendar months, valued
at US$10,500,000.00,(Ten Million, five hundred thousand Dollars).
Upon maturity, I 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, the National Petroleum
Corporation that Mr.Stephen Wynn died from an automobile accident. On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making a "WILL" and all attempts
to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Stephen
Wynn did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This
sum of US$10,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my bank for safekeeping.(No
one will ever come forward to claim it).
According to South African Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies
to Claim the funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner, to stand
in as the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in my bank. I am writing
you because I as a public servant, I cannot operate a foreign account.I want
to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to claim it,with
the help of my Attorney. This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately
your
telephone/fax numbers, so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents
which will put you in place as the beneficiary of the funds. The money will
be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 80% for me and 20% for you.The
paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and
upon your response,I shall then provide you with more details that will help
you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in real estate within your country.
Awaiting your urgent response
PLEASE REPLY TO;abbeymartins@excite.com
martinsabbey@netscape.net
Thanks.
Sincerely,
ABBEY MARTINS
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