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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: "Mr. Paul Estrada" <estrapaul@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: estrapaul@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:56:43 -0700
Subject: From Belguim
Dear Friend,
I hope that you are well today. I am the director of
Operations at DIPLOMATIC SECURITY SERVICES INC
here in Brussels, Belgium. With due respect, I decided
to contact you over this business-financial transaction worth the sum of
TWENTY TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$22,500,000m)
in other to entrust this funds into your bank account. This
is an ABANDONED CONSIGNMENT, which I later
found out to be money; this funds belongs to one of our
customers, ANDREAS SCHRANNER (German) who died along with
his entire family on 25th July 2000
in a plane crash disaster. I was very fortunate to meet the
deceased file when I was arranging the old and abandoned
customers files of 2000-2001 in other to submit to the
management accordingly for documentation purposes.
Following our security company's policy, it was obviously
indicated and signed lawfully that if such consignments
remains unclaimed after 3 (three) years, without somebody apply
and claim the consignment as the next of
kin, the consignment will be transferred into the security
Treasury as an unclaimed. This will cause other staff of my company
to notice what is contained in the box. So the request of you as a
foreigner and next of kin is necessarily needed for the claim since I
will act as the insider.
Since the real beneficiary of the fund died, my company is
expecting the next of kin to apply for the release of the
consignment for him or her without delay but unfortunately
I learnt through the investigations which I carried
out that there is nobody behind who can come and claim the
consignment. I need you to act fast so that we do not loose
this once-in-a-life-time- opportunity. You shall provide me with
your details so that the lawyer who is assisting me can go to the court
and prepare an affidavit of fact that you are the beneficiary of this
consignment in order for us to move it to the country where it will be
comfortable for you.
SEVENTY PERCENT (70%) of the total fund will be for
me. TWENTY FIVE PERCENT (25%) for you for all your efforts.
five PERCENT (5%) will be for unexpected expenses, which may occur during the process.
For example, air fare, hotel bills etc.Thereafter you will help me in visiting your country
to share the money according to the percentage indicated
above.
Please, note that you should keep this business
secret until you receive this money in your country. Furthermore, there
is NO RISK in this business.
All necessary documents relating to this and which
will prove that you made a legal claim of inheritance shall
be provided. Please view details of the plane crash on the website
below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
It is true that I prayed before I was pushed forward to
contact you for this business but I want you to also assure
me solemnly that you are a trustworthy, reliable, honest and capable to
avoid disappointing me in this business.
If you are really sure of your integrity, you can reply to my
alternate email box (estrapaul@myway.com) immediately for more detailed
informations.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Paul Estrada.
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