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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: "David Hans" <davidhans@dfsw.org>
Reply-To: davidhans_dfsw@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:52:50 +0000
Subject: From: Mr. David Hans
From: Mr. David Hans
Diamond Finance & Security Worldwide.
125 Moloney Street,
Victoria Island-Lagos
Nigeria.
Dear Sir,
First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidenciality in this Transaction. I am
David Hans, Deposit Accrediting Officer of a Security company in Lagos
Nigeria. I came to you in my private search for a reliable person to handle
this confidential transaction, which involves huge
sum of money and 230 kg of pure Gold to your country without trace.
The Proposition: A foreigner an American, late Peggy Stockley who died on
January 31 aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed into the Pacific
Ocean not far from Los Angeles, while returning from her country from a
business trip. She deposited with us at our security
company a consignment and the content of the consignment is US$15 Million
and a trunk box loaded with 230 kilogram of pure Gold, having heard of the
tragic incident involving late Peggy Stockley the security company now
expects a next of kin as beneficiary. Valuable efforts have been made by the
security company’s management to get in touch with any of her family's but I
personally found out that she died
with her husband and had no child or children that is known to us.
The only name of next of kin given to us by late Peggy Stockley
unfortunately was with her in the same flight that crashed, and this is
unknown to the security company’s management. I'm taking this advantage in
order to better my life and that of my family, I now decided to
seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Peggy
Stockley,
so that the consignment containing the money be released to you as the next
of kin. All documents and proves to enable you get this fundwill be
carefully worked out, by the lawyer that will be employ to work on your
behalf . You can take time and verify from the website as shown
herein for confirmation of the crash,
<http://edi tion.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>
I am assuring you that this transaction and its procedures is 100% legal and
risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will be for myself.
The sharing of the fund between the two of us will be as follows: 30% of the
total sum will go to you for your effort and
commitment to the success of this transaction. 70% will be for us here. As
soon as I receive an acknowledgement of the receipt of this message in
Acceptance, I will immediately start up with the process. If this proposal
is acceptable by you, kindly reply me immediately you get this mail.
I want you to also furnish me with your private telephone/fax or preferably
your mobile numbers as well as your full names and address, I will have to
apply for the release of the consignment in your favor as the next of kin.
Finally, note that the security company officers/management does not know
the contents of the consignment but as the Deposit Accrediting Officer of
the Security company, I happened to have the privilege of knowing the
content of the consignment, Mrs. Peggy Stockley declared the
content of the consignment to be her personal effects.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation and I shall give you
more details on what we are to do to claim the consignment without any
hitch.
Yours faithfully,
MR. DAVID HANS
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