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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: pnemi@arabservices.com
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:50:40 -0800
Subject: From Mr
Barclays Bank Plc.,
65/66 St. Mary Axe,
London EC3A 8LE.
Hello Dear,
I am Thomas David Malcolm, Senior Credit Officer, Barclays Bank Plc
London. I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be
of immense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of £12.5 million
British Pounds Sterling (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand British
Pounds Sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers
Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in
the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January
31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more
about the crash on visiting this website.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because the
Bank cannot release the funds unless somebody applies for it as next of
kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only
daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the
knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided
to do business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin
or beneficiary of the funds for safe keeping and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money
to go back
into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.
We agreed that 20% of this money would be for you as foreign partner,
while the balance will be for my colleagues and I. We will visit your
country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated
above once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to me as
trust is our watchword in this transaction.
Note that this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as
you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail whether or
not you are willing to enter into this deal. In the event you are not
interested, I sincerely ask that you disregard this email and tell no
one
about it. I am very careful on truncating my banking career should you
mention this to someone else. I hope you can be trusted in this regard.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of
these funds to you has been finalized. We will discuss much in details
when I do receive your response.
Please in your response include your telephone and fax numbers for a
better communication between us.
You can reach me on the email below:
Best regards,
Kevin Coupland.
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