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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: "Dr. Abdulkadir Gaya" <abdul_gaya@maktoob.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 19:53:31 +0400
Subject: Swift Response!
DR.ABDULKADIR GAYA,
AUDITOR-GENERAL OF
MASHREQ BANK OF
DUBAI-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
ATTENTION.
DEAR SIR
Reference to my investment discussions which I want to discuss with you now,
I want you to patiently read this offer as it comes with the best of
intentions as I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail
but, I urge you to treat it seriously. I write you this letter in good
faith as we want to transfer to an overseas account US$12,850.000.00
(Twelve Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)
from a prime Bank here in Dubai-United Arab Emirates for investment
purposes in your company, I came in contact with your email address in the
Dubai Data Base Directories here in the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DUBAI so I decided to offer you this opportunity.
I want to ask you, If you are not capable to handle this investment
arrangement, quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set
up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to
me till the end of this important business trusting in you and
believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Dr. Abdul Kadir Gaya, recently promoted to Auditor General in one
of the Apex banks here in Dubai. During the course of our auditing
last week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the
bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again,
after going through some old files in the records I discovered that
the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is
floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be
forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Morris
Thompson an American and a great industrialist and a resident of
Alaska State, 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 leaving nobody to claim the money. You can
read more news about the crash on visiting this site;
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.
list/index.html.and if you want to know more about the man himself,
you can check http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.
html. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to
me as well that the account is a secret account.
The total amount involved is US$12,850.000.00
(Twelve Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)
and we wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account
abroad for investment purposes. But I don't know any foreigner; I am
only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local person here, but to a foreigner who has
information about the account, which I shall give to you upon your
positive response. I am revealing this to you with believe in God that
you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the
only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you on the next step to take urgently.
I need your strong assurance that you will never let us down, me and a
key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business.
I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. The bank official will destroy all documents of the transaction
immediately you receive this money leaving no trace to any place.
I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals
for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, I will give you 20% of the fund
for this assistance. I am aware of the international monitoring of
all large-scale financial movements after the September 11th 2001
terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of financial
Investigation, I will provide a classified clearance paper from
the relevant bodies that will exonerate the money from drug, money
laundered or terrorist related proceeds. Kindly respond to my proposal
through this my private email address above indicating interest and if it is
not your wish kindly forget I contacted you.
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL.
Upon your positive reply I will forward my Banking ID to you for your proof and reference purpose.
I look forward to your earliest reply
Best Regards,
Dr. Abdul Kadir Gaya
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