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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: "steven lee" <stevenlee2010@e-unionbankng.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:57:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
FROM THE DESK OF STEVEN LEE
PRIVATE EMAIL: stevenlee_2010@yahoo.co.uk
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
GOOD DAY,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE
EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER,
CONDSIDERING
THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY
APPREHENSIVE.
LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU,
I AM STEVEN LEE, THE HEAD OF TELEX DEPARTMENT OF MY
BANK,WHERE AM PRESENTLY WORKING.
I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE
INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY CHAMBER OF
COMMENCE
AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE
VERY
HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS
BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND
WHAT
YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED
KAMAL
YASSER, OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR , UNTIL HIS DEATH,
OVER THE
PAST YEARS AGO, WAS A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE
FLIGHT
990 PLANE CRASH.HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT THE PLANE
CRASH.
(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.h
tml)
THE DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US
AND HAS
A CLOSING BALANCE AS A JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY
FIVE
MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A
NEXT-OF-KIN TO
CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS HAS
BEEN
MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO
GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MR MOHAMED KAMAL
YASSER\\\\\\\'S
FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE
PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE
MOHAMED KAMAL\\\\\\\'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT
UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED
UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT.
IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO
STAND AS
THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT
THE
FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS
THE
BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.
ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS
HAVE
BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM
THE
DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER
OF THE
FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED
THAT THE
OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF
THE
REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET
ASIDE
TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME
HROUGH MY
DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO
SEND ME
YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR
CELL
PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD
BLESS
YOU. PLEASE EMAIL ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS FOR
SECURITY REASON ADRESS: stevenlee_2010@yahoo.co.uk
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
STEVEN LEE.
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