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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: "Charles Vernom Dare" <vcharles77@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vcharles1@inmail.sk
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:55:18 +0000
Subject: I Need Your Assistance!
Name: Charles Vernom
Email: vcharles1@inMail.sk
Date : 05-09-2005
Dear Sir,
I am contacting you because of a business concerning a huge sum of
money from a deceased deposit in the bank where I work here in London.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well
at the
end of the day. I actually decided to contact you due to the urgency of
this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I discovered an abandoned deposit in my bank owned by one of our
foreign customers,Late Mr. Jon, who died along with his entire family
as a
result of an automobile crash. He actually deposited this funds
amounting to
US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars),
for safe keeping in my company here in Amsterdam. Company filerecords
shows
that the funds was actually for a project our late costumer wanted to
start
in the near future (a multi million Dollar steel plant in Florida,USA),
before his sudden and untimely death. As such since his death
none of his relations or next-of-kin has come forward to lay claims for
this
property as the heir, this is the basically the reason why I have
contacted you. My company cannot release the property unless someone
applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in
our operating 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 out by me for the funds to be released in your favour as the
beneficiary's next of kin.Since you bear the same last name with the
deceased.
It may also interest you to know that I have secured from the probate
an order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business
endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Beneficiary full name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
3. Occupation and position
4. Nationality and Date of birth
5. Marital status
6. Gender/sex
These requirements will enable me file letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before
you can personally appear for the claim. I shall be compensating you
with 30% of the total money while 10% will be for any expenses incurred
the rest will be mine on final conclusion of this project. Please note
that your share stays while the rest shall before me for investment
purposes.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of
the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail. Please
reply to my private and confidential email: vcharles@inMail.sk
Dr.Charles Vernon Dare.
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