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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: "finance experts" <financierexperts@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:08:30 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME
JOSE LAW HOUSE
GRANVILLE #45
P.O BOX 91005
MADRID SPAIN
DEAR FRIEND,
01 JULY 2005I AM JOSE LUIS MUNOZ, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW. A
DECEASED CLIENT OF MINE, BY NAME ANDREA SCHMIT THOMAS, WHO HERE IN AFTER
SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT, DIED IN BANDA ACEH IN INDONESIA WITH ALL
MEMBERS OF IS FAMILY IN THE DEADLY TSUNAMI.
PLEASE LOG TO THIS WEBSITE FOR MORE ABOUT THE TSUNAMI
WWW.CNN.COM/SPECIALS/2004/TSUNAMI.DISASTER/
NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/1/HI/IN_DEPTH/WORLD/200.../DEFAULT.STM
I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME IN ENSURING THAT THE FUND AMOUNTING $ 22.9million
LODGED BY MY CLIENT WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ABROAD. THE FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION IS NOT DECLEARED UNCLAIMED HENCE MY REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU.
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO CONTACT THE NEXT OF KIN,
OR THE FUNDS LODGE BY MY CLIENT WILL BE CONFISCATED.
MY PROPOSITION TO YOU IS TO SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE
NEXT-OF-KIN AND BENEFICIARY OF MY LATE CLIENT, SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS
FUND CAN BE TRANSFER TO YOU, THEN WE CAN SHARE THE FUNDS AND GIVE HALF TO
THE VICTIM OF THE TSUNAMI IN INDONESIA, AS DONATION FROM MY LATE CLIENT. I
HAVE ALL DOCUMENTS THAT SHOWS HE DEPOSITE IT WITH THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
WE WILL SHARE ON A MUTUALLY AGREED-UPON PERCENTAGE.
ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIM AS MY CLIENT'S NEXT-OF-KIN WILL BE
PROVIDED. ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS
TRANSACTION THROUGH.
THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU
FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. IF THIS BUSINESS PROPOSITION OFFENDS YOUR MORAL
VALUES, DO ACCEPT MY APOLOGY. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ONCE TO INDICATE YOUR
INTEREST.
HOWEVER IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME YOU CAN REPLY BY FAX OR EMAIL, IN
THIS VENTURE. I WILL ESTABLISH A VERBAL TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION WITH YOU AND
BRING YOU INTO A MUCH BETTER PICTURE OF THE SITUATION.PLEASE REPLY BY TEL
0034 679 732 691 OR EMAIL ME ATBEST REGARDS,
JOSE LUIS MUNOZ
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