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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: <george_owen@internetmisr.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:13:23 -0400
Subject: For your immediate response
Compliment of the day
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to present this proposal to
you. I am George owen the consulting auditor with one of the prime
banks here in South Africa. My search for a trustworthy individual/firm
has led me to you. I came across your contact while looking for a
worthwhile investments or projects that I can be affiliated with. I am
writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry
out this transaction.
The proposition
An industrialist and a foreigner who was customer of my client bank,
who died on the 25TH JULY, 2000 in CONCORDE PLANE CRASH
[Flight AF4590] with the whole passengers on board. During the course
of my auditing discovered an account opened in the bank in 1998 by this
great late NDUSTRIALIST who died without a written or oral 'WILL'
attached to the account. Since his death, I further investigated with kin
interest to see if I can get any relative of the late industrialist but all has
proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and no other
person knows about this account or anything concerning it.
The account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the
CEO of his company work with my client bank, he had a balance of
$36,000,000.00 USD {Thirty six million united states dollars} which the
bank now expects a next of kin to claim as beneficiary, Valuable efforts
are being made to get in touch with any of the relatives but to no
success. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to
locate any the next of kin and the beneficiary. The management under
the influence of the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of
the bank, are making arrangement for the funds to be declared
"UNCLAIMED" and will be lost to the Federal Government or
subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for Arms and Ammunition to
further enhance the course of war in Africa. In order to avert this
negative development, I now seek your permission to have you stand as
a next of kin to late beneficiary so that the funds USD36m would be
released and paid into your account as the beneficiary next of kin. We
wish to start the first transfer with $10,000,000.00[Ten million] and
upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side;
we shall re-apply for the transfer of the remaining balance to your
account.
I have secretly discussed this matter with a close confidant attorney
whom I must involve in order to assist us produce legal back-up
documents which would substantiate your claims and also enable us
have a smooth and successful transfer of the fund to any foreign bank
account which you are going to nominate. On this note, We have
secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of
deceased beneficiary and more so we are assuring you this business is
100% risk free involvement you should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking days,
after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the fund from the
deceased. At the conclusion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be for
me, I will give you 20% of the total transfer sum, 10% for charity both in
Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to
settle expenses both parties might incure during the transfer process.
I am looking forward to your earliest reply through my private email
address auditor george_owen@internetmisr.net, If this proposal is acceptable by
you do not make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on
you, then kindly get to me immediately.
Please furnish me with your private Telephone and Fax Number for easy
and safe communication.
Respectfully yours,
George owen
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