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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: "Mike Paul" <mikepaul@alfachambers.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:13:08 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME
Dear friend,
I am Mike Paul, Barrister at law. I write you on behalf Ms Vivian Douglas, a
staff of bills and exchange at the foreign remittance Department of Midland
Bank London. In the above department, an abandoned sum of (US$15.2M) Fifteen
Million, Two Hundred, thousand United States Dollars only was discovered in
an account that belongs to one Mr. Kenneth Compos who died along with his
entire family in 26 December 2003 in a plane crash during their Christmas
holiday. Click bellow to view the plane crash chaotic scene
ttp://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html
Since the bank got information about his death, the bank has been
expecting his Next of Kin to come over for the claims because the bank
cannot release the fund unless somebody applies as a Next of Kin or relation
to the deceased as indicated in the bank’s lay down policy.
This is therefore to inform you that he did not mention any Next of Kin or
beneficiary to his account before his sudden death. It is upon this
discovery that my client (Ms Vivian Douglas) directed me to contact you, and
to assure you that with her support as insider in the bank, it will make the
claim of the money easy in your favor as the Next of Kin. Please note that
our main reason for contacting you is that we need your urgent assistance to
claim this fund from the bank and to avoid it being confiscated or declared
as unserviceable account. The banking rules and regulations stipulate that
if such money remained unclaimed after three (3) years the money will be
transferred into the government account as unclaimed fund.
Furthermore, we shall negotiate on the percentage split for the funds as we
proceed. Therefore, to enhance immediate release of the inheritance to you
as arranged, you should contact my client (Vivian Douglas) immediately via
email:v_douglas01@yahoo.co.uk for further directives on how to go about
actualizing the claim in your name.
I look forward to your immediate response.
Best regards
Mike Paul Esq
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