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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Ms Sarah Adams" <sarah335335@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:13:33 +0100
Subject: Private Message
Greetings,
My name is Sarah Adams of credit and foreign bills of Ecobank Plc.I am
writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account
number14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash (Korean Air Flight
801) with the whole passengers aboard on August 6, 1997.
Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as none has come
to claim his funds of usd.15.5M (Fifteen million five hundred thousand
united states dollars)which has been with my branch for a very long time.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics
here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years, because
money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing
that your name and country is similar to the deceased. I will give you 30%
of the total.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail my
advice on how to proceed on the claim of the fund on your name as the next
of kin to the deceased and the next step to take.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer
can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a
relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter.
Kindly send me an e-mail through my alternative email sarah090@walla.com
signifying your interest including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication and processing this transaction.
Yours faithfully,
Sarah Adams
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