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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: "anthony akam" <anthony_akam22@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: anthony_akam40@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:49:55 +0200
Subject: urgent assistance
Dear friend,
I am highly esteemed to write you this very urgent letter for your kind assistance
which will be for our mutual benefits at the end of the day My name is Anthony
Akam, I work with Intercontinental Bank Plc as an Accountant. In the discharge
of my duty, I came on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant
for some years now with our bank valued the sum of US10,850.00 (Ten Million,
Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars) I made some enquiries
and discovered that the account holder died on the 25th of July 2000 with
his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash
bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone apprehensive,I
would like to assure you that we are sending you this mail with the best
of intensions. I am writing you so that we can work together to remit the
money to you as the next of kin because this money belong to a foreigner
and has to be claim by a foreigner. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating
the money left behind by the deceased before they get declared unserviceable
by the Bank where this huge Deposit was lodged. The Bank has issued me a
notice as the Accountant to the Deceased to provide the Next of Kin or have
the fund declared as an UNCLAIMED FUND within the Next 15 official working
days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 years
now that I have been searching. I seek your consent to present you as the
Next of Kin to the Deceased since you are a foreigner like him so that the
proceeds of this Bank Account can be paid out in your favor. Be assured that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of law.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate court,
an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries and I guarantee
this transaction under a legitimate arrangement that will not breach the
law by both parties; it is simple process which will take a short while to
process. I have all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back
up any claim we are going to make. All I require is your honest cooperation
to enable us see this deal through.
You will be compensated with 35% of the total fund on final conclusion of
this project, while the rest shall be for me. Your share stays with you while
the rest shall be for me for investment purposes in your country when I come
over to collect my due share of the fund.
I await your urgent reply with your personal telephone number for effective
communication and oral clarification.reply by this private email address
anthony_akam50@hotmail.com
Best Regards,
Anbthony Akam
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