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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: "YUEN WAIKEUNG" <yuen@reliefways.net>
Reply-To: waikeung33@myway.com
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:13:32 +0000
Subject: QUICK REPLY NEEDED
Dear Sir/madam,
I am Mr. Yuen Wai keung, the bill and exchange manager of a bank in
HongKong and I am contacting you on 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 all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you
due
to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I discovered an abandoned sum of US$15,500,000.00 (fifteen million five
hundred
thousand united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of
our
foreign customers who died along with his entire family. Since his
death,
none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for
this
money as the heir. 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 out by us for the funds (US$15,500,000.00) to be
released
in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to
know
that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus 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 name and address
2. Occupation
These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the
appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer
can
be made. I shall be compensating you with a four million five hundred
thousand
dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be
for us
for
investment purposes in your country that you will propose to us.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do take advantage of this
opportunity.
Please reply as soon as possible.
Please reply me via this email address: waikeung33@myway.com
Regards,
Mr.Yuen Wai keung
WING HANG BANK LTD
253-259 Castle Peak Road,
Cheung Sha Wan,
Kowloon,Hong Kong.
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