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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: "WILLIAMS wilcox" <williams@wilcoxworld.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:25:53 +0000
Subject: HELLO
Hello,
My name is William Wilcox, a private financial
consultant/account portfolio manager. I was fortunate to
have managed a
high
profile account for a wealthy business client who passed
away while
serving
a prison term for tax evasion here in the United Kingdom.
The high
volume
of his business dealings as well as his motive to maximise
profit
led him to spread some of his finances. Unfortunately, one
of these
was mismanaged by an incompetent firm which led to his
arrest and
subsequent
prosecution by the Inland Revenue.
However, his account with us has been successfully shielded
from the progressive tax regime of this country. This was
made
possible by my team of highly professional tax consultants
and legal
advisers.
However, due to the highly confidential nature of our
client-business policy (which does not warrant us to have an
easily
identifiable next-of-kin); we have made several enquiries to
locate any
of his relatives. Fortunately, this has being unsuccessful.
Hence, I am
contacting you.
I will need your assistance in securing the money and
properties left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or
declared
unserviceable in the United Kingdom.
Since it has become unsuccessful to locate any of his
relatives for over two years and convinced that no one is
coming up and
having satisfied the mandatory legal requirement of
beneficiary/next-of-kin
notification, I therefore seek a reliable and trustworthy
person to present as the next-of-kin of the deceased.
As earlier indicated, this will enable us transfer the
proceeds of this
account valued at some
millions in United States Dollars into an account preferably
outside
the
United Kingdom's financial institutions or its Isles.
In this connection, I will need your assistance as I have
all necessary documents to back up the claims for the
'next-of-kin'.
AllI require is your honest cooperation and confidence in
identifying
any
trustworthy person who will stand as the beneficiary. I
guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect
him/her from any breach of the law. I would advise that we
take this
seriously. For me, it's an opportunity I cannot afford to
miss!
I would be very flexible as well as considerate in the
percentage share that will be given to you for your
assistance and of
course
to the beneficiary.
In the meantime, I will keep my fingers crossed while I
await your
response before sending you my private number for further
discussions on
this project.
Best regards,
William Wilcox
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