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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: michaelduke@webmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 13:33:06 +0200
Subject: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM MR.MICHAEL DUKE,
#25 ELEOF ST,JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE:+27-73-568-8851
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is MR.MICHAEL DUKE , I am the operational manager
in account management section incharge of credit and
foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in South
Africa. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer
of my bank who perished with his whole families on 25TH
JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [ Flight AF4590 ] with the
whole passengers aboard.
There is an account opened in this bank in 1998 by this
great late INDUSTRIALIST who died without a written or oral
WILL attatched to the account. Since his death , I
personally has watched with keen interest to see the next
of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to
claim his funds and no other person knows about this
account or anything concerning it,the account has no other
beneficiary and until his death he was the manager
of his company.
The total amount involved is 106,000,000.00 USD.[ One
hundred and six million United States Dollar ]. We wish to
start the first transfer with $6,000,000.00[Six million]
and open successful transaction without any disappointment
from your side, we shall re-apply for the transfer of the
remaining balance to your account.
I have secretly discussed this matter with the general
manager of the bank who I must involve in order to have a
smooth and a successful transfer of the fund to any foreign
bank account which you are going to nominate. On
this note, I decided to seek for a reliable foreigner who
will act as the foreign beneficiary of the fund from the
deceased by providing his/her bank account where the fund
will be transferred for immediate investment on any viable
project as no one has come up to be the next of kin.
The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay
more than six years without claim hence the money will be
recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this
long period of domancy. In view of this I got your
contact through my personal search to see if you can assist
by providing your safe bank account for the transfer or
find a reliable person who will be capable of receiving
such amount in his or her personal account.At the
conclussion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be for me,
I will give you 20% of the total transfer sum, 10% for
charity both in Africa and in your country while the
remaining 5% will be set aside to settle expenses both
parties might incure during the transfer process.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a
detailed information about the transaction.I will not fail
to bring to your notice that this business is 100% risk and
trouble free and that you should not entertain any fear as
all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7
to 9 banking days, after you apply to the bank as the
beneficiary of the fund from the deceased.
When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail or
you can call meor fax me. You should also include your
private fax and phone numbers for
easy and safe communication.
Respectfully yours,
MR.MICHAEL DUKE.
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