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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: papa u <papauz@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:52:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WATING TO HEAR FROM YOU
Good Day!
I am oke paul.I have an important and confidential
business
proposal
for you.
A Salvadorian, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 56
years of age and a very
prosperous
farmer made a huge bank deposit for
investment in the sum of US$9.2
Million
(Nine Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only) he named
his wife Mrs. Helga
Videurre as the NEXT OF KIN. I was called upon as
the
Chief Accountant
to the bank to sign and endorse documents to this
deposit
on Mr.
Videurre's behalf. Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Videurre were
killed
in
the January 14, earthquake that rocked El Salvador, killing
thousands
of people and 1200 others were declared missing.
The bank management
now mandates me (being the Chief Accountant that
signed
and endorsed
the deposit papers for the deceased to trace the family
relatives
of
the deceased so that the fund will be released to them. I was made
to
understand that they had no children. I made several efforts through
the
El Salvador High Commission in Lagos to contact any of the
deceased
family
relatives, but to no avail. Failure to reach any of
the family
relatives
of the deceased, the only option left for the
Bank's Management is to
declare
the deceased account dormant and
revert the fund on trading and
investment
in the interest of the bank.
In order to avoid this development since
it
has so far been impossible
to trace any of the deceased family
relatives.
I now seek your
permission and assistance to have you stand as a
distant
relatives to
the deceased. So that the fund can be released to you and
we
can use
it for our mutual benefit. I hope you do understand my concern
in
this
matters, that if we do not use this opportunity to claim this
fund,
since the deceased relatives cannot be traced, the management of the
bank
will declare the deceased's account dormant and revert the fund
on
Trading
and Investment in the interest of the bank. For your
assistance, you
will
be compensated adequately with(30%) of the total
sum (65%) will be my
own
share while (5%) will be set aside to cover
any incidental expense made
both at home and abroad prior to this
transaction.
If you are interested in assisting me with this matter,
please send to
me
urgently
via my EMAIL the following details below:
*Full name, Company or Private Address
*Telephone and Fax number(s).
Upon receiving the above details from you, I will work out every
documents/proof
representing you as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant
relative and when
this
is done, you will be contacted by the bank for
the release and
collection
of this fund, which will be within one week
of my receiving the above
details
from you .I will meet with you in
your country for disbursement after
the
fund might have been released
to you and also to discuss investment
potentials
as I will like to
invest in your country with your assistance.
Be assured that this
transaction is 100% risk free, as I have taken
care
of all necessary
modalities to enable a hitch free transaction. Kindly
ensure
to treat
this matter in strict privacy (Highly Confidential).
Yours Sincerely,
okepaul
reply me with this email address
alternative email address (paul_uz2000@yahoo.co.uk)
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