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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: "CHAN LEE" <chanlee006@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: chanlee@mail2world.com
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 17:25:31 +0800
Subject: Attention
Dear Friend.
I am Barrister Chan Lee solicitor at law.personal attorney to (Morris Thompson) who is the chairman chief excutive of HOON MAN CONSTRUCTION Company in MALAYSIA Here in after shall be referred to as my client.Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American great industrialist and a resident of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site which I got during my investigation;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
The account is escrow call account, a secret type of account in the finance company. Since then i have made several enquiry to his embassy to locate any of his clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After hese several unsuccessful attempts, to locate any member of her family hence I contacted you.I am contacting you to assist both financily and to stand as the next of kin in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the finance company where this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the finance company where the deceased
had an account valued at about US$2.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4years and now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$2.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me
can share the money. 40% to me and 40% and 20% will be set aside for any expenses that may be incured.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email and send to me your full name and address, telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further
about this transaction. furthermore,no risk is involved in the business,you are 100% risk free.It
will last for 10 working days. Waiting for your urgent response.
God bless you.
Best regards,
Barrister Chan Lee.
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