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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Alexander Adams" <alexadams01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alexadams@kaixo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:09:04 +0000
Subject: Inquiry from Alexandra Adams
Dear Friend,
My name is Alexandra Adams, I am a banker in a bank here in the United
Kingdom.
I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one
apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that everything documents
that will bring about the success of this transation would be provided,and
all will be
well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of
this transaction.
The deceased person who died Mr.Gerald Welsh died in an air crash along with
his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other
passengers on board was an American Oil
consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation.You can
confirm his death from the website
below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself and
his wife(May
their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next
of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to
make you the beneficiary to the funds ?2,300 000 00 GBP(Two million three
hundred thousand Great british pounds sterling) which will be released in
your favor as the next of kin. Because after six years the money
will be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money
shared amongst the directors of the bank. so it is on this note i decided to
seek for
whom his name shall be used as the next of
kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share
this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are
interested.
1,Full names
2,Direct Telephone and fax numbers
For our personal contact and mutual trust in each other. I shall be
compensating you with 35% of the above amount on final conclusion of this
project for your
assistance, while we will keep aside 5% for expenses that may occure in the
process of this transaction from both parties,which will be refunded at the
end of the transaction,the balance 60% shall be for me for investment
purposes, because I intend to retire after the conclusion of this
transaction and relocate to your country of residence.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
immediately.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await
your urgent mail to my personal email address:(alexadams@kaixo.com)
Regards,
Mr.Alexandra Adams
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