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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: "admin info" <admin@leadshost.com>
Reply-To: geraldowen@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:24:50 +0000
Subject: {Spam?}
Custody / Clearing HSBC Bank Plc
24th Floor 8 Canada Square
London.
www.hsbc.com
Dear Friend,
How are you today and business in your country? I am
Dr.Gerald Owen, of the above address.I would
respectfully request that you keep the contents of
this mail confidential and respect the integrity of
the information you come by as a result of this email.
I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I
believe would be of interest to you.I know you would
be wondering why I am writing you with a request such
as this especially through my official web address,
all is in the bid to erase the fear of trivialities
and hoax because of the world today and to also
establish the legitimacy of my proposal. But with
faith and God on my side I will only urge you to read
on for clear understanding.
In June 1998, a German Oil consultant/contractor
with the British Solid Minerals Corporation,Mr.
Bilger Joachim made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit
for twelve calendar months (AMOUNT WITHELD FOR
SECURITY REASONS) with my bank where I am a vice
president custody and clearing.You may click on this
link below to verify:
http://www.cibm.hsbc.com/hsbc/home/contact-us/europe/united-kingdom?
mode=print
Upon maturity of his deposit, HSBC bank investments
and loans department sent a routine notification to
his forwarding address in America and Germany but got
no reply. After a month, we also sent a reminder and
finally discovered from his contract employers, the
British Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Bilger
Joachim died alongside his wife, from the plane
crash in Nova Scotia which you can as well view.
http://www.greatdreams.com/crash.htm
This led my bank to immediately launch an
investigation into reaching a possible surviving next
of kin to alert him/her about the situation and also to come
forward to claim his estate.If you are familiar with
private banking affairs,those who patronize HSBC
services usually prefer anonymity,but also some
levels of detachment from conventional processes.In
his bio-data form,he listed no next of kin.In the
field of private banking, opening an account with us
means no one will know of its existence since accounts
are rarely held under a particular name because
depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts
anonymous.
I must let you know that HSBC bank also gives the
choice to depositors of having messages sent to them
or held at the bank itself, ensuring that there are no
traces of the account and as such rarely do they
nominate next of kin.Private banking clients apart
from not nominating next of kin also usually in most
cases leave wills in our care, in this case;Mr.
Bilger Joachim died interstate.
In line with our internal processes for account
holders who have passed away, we instituted our own
investigations in good faith to determine who should
have right to claim the estate.This investigation has
for the past months been unfruitful because no one has
been contacted as far as this management is concerned.
We have scanned every continent and used our private
investigation affiliate companies to get to the root
of the problem.
This very large sum has since been sitting in my Bank
and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year.No one will
ever come forward to claim it, and according to the
Laws of Britain, at the expiration of 7(seven) years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the British
Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.What
I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical
practice but I want you to understand something,it is
only an outsider to the banking world who finds the
internal politics of the banking world aberrational.
The world of banking especially is fraught with huge
rewards for those who occupy certain offices and
oversee certain portfolios.You should have begun by
now to put together the general direction of what I
propose.There is alarge amount of money deposited in
my bank,I as the clearing manager alone have the
deposit details and I will release the due funds to no
one unless evidence of relationship with the deceased,
which I shall provide you with if you agree to carry
this out with me. Since I alone have the power to
attest to the claim and know of the existence of this
deposit. As far as HSBC bank is concerned, the bank's
management has no single idea of what’s the history or
nature of the deposit.They are simply awaiting
instructions to release the deposit to any party that
comes forward.
This is the situation. This bank has spent great
amounts of money trying to track this man’s family;
they have investigated for months and have found no
family.
This investigation has come to an end.Consequently,
my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin to Mr.Bilger Joachim so
that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get
into the hands of some corrupt already rich government
officials.Acting in this capacity really is simple,
i will engage and pay for the services of an attorney
here whom can prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next
of kin.It is going to be legalised.By the time the
fund is finaly under your control,there would be enough
documents to back up the fund so that it can not
be questioned in any part of the world.Any documents
the Attorney secure during documentation,i will
scan and send to you by email for your perusal.
I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask
that if you find no interest in this project that you
please let me know.I plead that you do not be
vindictive and destructive. If my offer or percentage
share is of no appeal to you,please let me know
because of the time frame available of the said funds
being confiscated.But please do not destroy my career
because you do not approve of my proposal to you.
You may not know this but people like me who have made
tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole
private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I
do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be
hard for you to understand now, but the dynamics of my
industry dictates that I make this move and fast,
because such opportunities only come ones' way and
probably once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance
pass me by, for once I find myself in total control
of my destiny. I ask that you do not destroy my
chance, if you will not work with me let me know and
let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. I
am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide
my family with new opportunities.
There is no risk whatsoever as all the paperwork for
this transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as a Vice President with HSBC bank guarantee
the successful execution of this transaction. If you
are interested in this lucrative role, I urge you to
indicate to that effect.Upon your response, if
favorable, I shall then provide you with more details
and relevant information that will help you get full
understanding of the transaction.
More information await you in my next respond to
your email message.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Gerald Owen
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