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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: "Walter Sayer" <walter_sayer001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: walter_sayer@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:24:45 +0000
Subject: I need your urgent decision.
From: Walter Sayer
Manager Foreign Remmitance Dept
54 Lombard Street
EC3P 3AH London.
Dear,Friend.
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money
from a deceased account.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make anyone 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;
We discovered an abandoned sum of ($68million) in an account that belongs to
one of our 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 to 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, we 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 to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of
kin.
It may interest you to note that we 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. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
3.Your passport or driver's licence for an affidavit ofclaim,
These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made.
We shall compensating you with($6.8 Million}on final conclusion of this
project, while the rest shall be for us.Upon your acceptance, I shall give
you our direct telephone number so that we can discuss freely.Your urgent
response is highly needed so as to stop further contact.
While I await your urgent reply through this my personal.
Email;walter_sayer@o2.pl
Regards
Walter Sayer.
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