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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: "Paul Greene" <omoba77@o2.pl> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paulgreene@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:33:52 -0700
Subject: important and urgent!
MR.Paul Green
United Kingdom
alternative email address:
mailto: paulgreene_1961@yahoo.co.uk
Attention,
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
My name is Paul Greene, I am the credit manager in a
bank here in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you
of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from
a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction
of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that everything has
been taken care off, and all will be well at the end
of the day. I decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald
Welsh who died in an air crash along with his wife
in 31st October 1999 an Egyptian airline 990 with
other passengers on board. Since his death, none of
his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same
accident(May his soul rest in peace).
We 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.
Upon this discovery,
I now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations
will be carefully worked out by me for the funds
($9,000,000.00)/ 9 Millions Dollars to be released
in your favour as the beneficiary\'s next of kin. It
may interest you to know that we have secured from
the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of
the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the
following information if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name;.In order for me to prepare the
document for transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax number;.For our personal
contact and mutual trust in each other. Upon your
acceptance I shall send you a copy of my
international passport and drivers license for more
confidentiality and trust. I shall be compensating
you with a million dollars (1 Million Dollars) on
final conclusion of this project for your
assistance, while the balance 6million dollars shall
be for me for investment purposes.If this proposal
is acceptable by you, please end eavour to contact
me
immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you.
I await your urgent mail to my alternative email
address:
mailto:paulgreene_1961@yahoo.co.uk
you can also call me on my private telephone
nummber: +44-704-011-7449
Regards
Paul Greene
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