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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: "alexandra adams" <alexandraadams@tharvester-group.com>
Reply-To: alexadams@inmail24.com
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:18:52 +0000
Subject: Inquiry from Alexandra Adams
Dear Friend,
My name is Alexandra Adams, I am a senior 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@inmail24.com)
Regards,
Mr. Alexandra Adams
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