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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: andgrant@barclayspersonal.com
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 21:57:17 +0100
Subject: Please Read
MR ANDERSON GRANT
BARCLAYS INTERNATIONAL
PERSONAL BANKING
andgrant@kaixo.com
andgrant00@netscape.net
Dear Partner
I am Mr Anderson Grant, and I am contacting you for an urgent business
execution of mutual benefit to us. Though I know that a transaction of
this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried but I have
decided to put my trust in you, as I cannot achieve success without a
mutual trust.
PROPOSITION
I am the account officer to Mr Abdullah Saleh (deceased), who was one
of our foreign customers. While he banked with us, I oversaw his
accounts and other financial obligations as my office demanded. Unfortunately,
he died along with his entire family in the plane crash of 31 October
1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alongside other passengers.
Please view the BBC website below for any verification.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
While he was alive, none of his family members was ever known to me
other than his immediate nuclear family and since his death, none of his
next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as
the heir. I cannot release the funds from his account unless someone
applies for claims as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines. Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search
for any family member that would lay claim to this fund, I decided to
take my chance with you. I now seek your permission to have you stand as
next of kin to the deceased as I have all documentations including his
Certified Death Certificate that will facilitate your stand as the next
of kin to him. He had a closing balanced of $10,500,000.00 (Ten
million, five hundred thousand American Dollars) here in our bank. I also have
secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any member of
deceased family to become beneficiary of this fund. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour
by furnishing me through telephone or fax with the following;
1. Full name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable me make some internal re-adjustments and
file your name in form A2ag and other vital forms as next of kin which
before now was left blank by the deceased upon opening of the account
six years ago. Upon your reply, I will advice the way forward. I must
reassure you of the safety of this process, as my bank will return this
fund as its profits if we do not act fast. I urge you to treat this
matter with sincerity considering my position and please do not take undue
advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.
Regards,
MR. ANDERSON GRANT
andgrant@kaixo.com
andgrant00@netscape.net
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