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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: "brian scott" <BRIANSCOTT2000@NETSCAPE.NET>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:40:18 +0100
Subject: FROM BRIAN SCOTT
Barclays Bank Plc,
63 St. Mary Axe,
London EC3A 8LE.
Tel Number +447031843004.
Fax Number: +447030403458.
I am Mr. Brian Scott, 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 do not 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 with us 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 via any of the contacts
as given above. Also, you are to use my private e-mail account for confidentiality as
given: BRIANSCOTT2000@NETSCAPE.NET </ym/Compose?To=BRIANSCOTT2000@NETSCAPE.NET>
Please in your response include your telephone and fax numbers for a better
communication between us.
Best regards
Brian Scott
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