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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: WILLIAM VAN BROOK <wvbrook2001@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:55:37 +0200
Subject: ING BANK AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Tel/Fax: 00 31 847 547 225
E-mail: wvbrook2001@netscape.net
Dear Sir
I am Mr. William Van Brook an employee of ING Bank here in Netherlands. I have urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you. I got your contact from the world trade centre online web
directory here in the Netherlands. In January 2001, an American oil consultant/contractor (Lewis Hess)
made a numbered-time (fixed deposit) for twelve calendar months valued at (US$ 8,500 million) in a
domiciliary account in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification of account status to his
forwarding address but got no reply, after two months, we sent a reminder of same letter and finally we
discovered from his contact employers, Sofimation Oy, a Finland company based here in the
Netherlands that Mr. Lewis Hess died in auto crash.
After further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a will and all attempts to trace his kin were
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he did not declare any next of kin in
all his official documents, including his bank deposit papers. This sum of US$8,500,000.00 is still floating
in our bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
After these several attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of
his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in securing this money before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank. It's therefore, upon discovery that I decided to make
business with you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to the deceased for safe
keeping and subsequent disbursement, since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money go
back into Government's account as unclaimed bill.
Note that it does not necessarily matter, whether you are biologically related to the deceased or not. As
you may bear with me, a next of kin maybe a parent, sister, brother, close relative, associate, friend or
even a well-wisher. So, whether you are related to him or not is never a barrier to realizing the
transaction.
This transaction is aimed at investing in a blue chip company in your country or any other country under a
joint business partnership with you. But if you want certain percentage of the deposit for your
involvement, please do let me know so that we negotiate on your share. Once the deposit is secured,
thereafter, I will visit your country USA for the investment thereof.
I expect a positive response from you soonest via my contact above.
Thanks,
William Van Brook
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