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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: micheal_clark1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:10:03 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?please=20read=20and=20get=20back=20to=20me?=
Office Of Corporate /Institutional Banking Bills and Exchange
Arab Bank Plc
73 Brooks street London W1k 4HX
Dear friend.
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by
virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring that this is real and genuine.
I am Micheal Clark the head of corporate and institutional banking
Bills and Exchange Arab Bank Plc 73 Brooks street London W1k 4HX I came
to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle this Confidential Transaction,which involves the transfer of a
huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
MY PROPOSITION;
During my audit exercise i discovered an abandoned sum of
US$14,320,000.00 (fourteen million three hundred and twenty thousand united
states
dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our customers a german
estate tycoon (Andreas Schranner ) who died along with his wife and entire
family on 25th July, 2000,Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane
crash.Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward
to lay claims for this money as the heir. Arab Bank cannot release the
fund from
his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, unfortunately, no
family member nor relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon
this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of
kin to the deceased so that the fund US$14,320,000.00 (fourteen
million three hundred and twenty thousand united states dollars) can be
released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's next of kin
otherwise the fund will be returned to treasury as unclaimed funds and will
be
subsequently conficicated by the british government at the expiration
of five year duration.
All documents to enable you receive this funds will be carefully
worked out. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of
our
mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letters of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the
transfer can be made. I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as
stated thus:
On final conclusion of this project, 60% of this shall be for me, while
35% shall be for you and the remaining 5% shall be used to compensate
either party for any expenses incurred. Your share 35% stays while, my
60% share shall be used for investment purposes in your country. For
your confirmations,you can visit this website for more info
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of
the trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail.
Best Regards,
Micheal Clark
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