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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: "Mr Ngozi Williams" <prudential@ngoziwilliams.net>
Reply-To: lawrence200@sify.com
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:39:10 +0000
Subject: MR. LAWRENCE WILLIAMS
FROM: MR. LAWRENCE WILLIAMS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR;
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
My Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this mutualbeneficail transaction.
Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach
you through it because it still remains the fastest,surest and most secured
medium of communication. However, this correspondence
is purely private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee
youthat this deal is hitch
free from all what you may think of. I am MR.LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, Executive
Director incharge of Claims and Indemnity of PRUDENTIAL Insurance Company. I
am contacting you based on Trust and confidentialitythat will be attached to
this deal for the benefit of both of us.
The Management and the Legal / Treasury Department of this PRUDENTIAL
Insurance Company in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR.
ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, who maintained a Life AssurancePolicy, should be
declared Dormant and confisticated hence moving his
unclaimed benefits funds to the Treasury according to our Banking and
Financiallaw. Recently, Icame
across a very huge sum of money belonging to adeceased person (MR. ROBERT
FINKELSTEIN). He is
foreigner, unfortunately He is now late as he was amongst those that was
Killed in the recent plane
crash during his visit to London, as you can confirm through this
websitehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
This man was our client and has a Life AssurancePolicy WORTH the sum of
Forty Five Million United States Dollars(US$45,000,000.00). Right now, the
fund is lying unclaimed in our custody and there is NOnext of kin mentioned
in his file and there is NO HOW we can reach any ofhis other
relatives. All efforts made by us to establish contacts with anyother of his
relation
has proved abortive and unsuccessful. His Life AssurancePolicy will expire
in the next few months from the date of this letter. Just
last week we received an instruction from Ministry of Social Welfare to
forward particulars
of all unclaimed benefits that will expire in the next few months.
Upon my personal finding on this matter, I kept this information secret to
myself until now that I am contacting you. In view of the fact that the
deceased customer is a foreigner (from a different country), it is
Officially important for the involvement of aforeigner who will pose as a
next-of-kin. I will use my exalted position in this Insurance Company to
present you as his Next of Kin as you can be hisrelative, friend or Cousin
and the Money (US$45Million) will be Safely transfered
into your own bank account in your country. Please include your
telephone/fax number/ Home
Address when replying this mail and I will give you
more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in
thisviable transaction.
I will use my exalted position here to get allinternal documentations to
back up the claims. The whole Procedures will lastonly 5 working days
to get the fund retrieved successfully Without trace even in future. Please
I need the following:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
3. HOME ADDRESS/COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS.
The transaction will be done successfully and smoothlycompleted via email
and telephone. You don't need to come to my country.Send your full name,
address and telephone number to me via email urgentlytoday so that I will
call you for discussions. I PROMISE that you must behappy and shall
rejoice greatly soonest for cooperation with me in this transaction. After
successful conclussion ofthis transaction, we shall share the money 50-50
(50% for you and 50% for me).
I await your good response today. Thanks and remain blessed. I require you
to maintain the confidentiality of this transactionbecause it is important
due to the fact that I am still in active services tothe PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY. Your earliest response to thismatter is very important.
I AM WAITING YOUR REPLY TODAY.
Kind Regards,
MR. LAWRENCE WILLIAMS
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