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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: "mark andrew" <mark_andrew@ommail.com>
Reply-To: marandrew@excite.com
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:11:27 -1200
Subject: Urgent from Mark.
Lloyds TSB Group plc
25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
Email: marandrew1@excite.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is with great honour and previledge that i was able to
capture your
contact from the internet.
My Name is Mr.Mark Momoh Andrew,a citizenof South Africa and
a credit officer of the Lloyds TSB Group plc Uk.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war our Customer Mr. Louis Campher
and who (in this case I am his accounting officer) was with
the Omega Risk Solutions in Iraq and also an Oil
consultant/contractor with the South African Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy made
a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months with our
bank valued at
US$43,000,000.00,(Fourty-Three Million United state
Dollars).
Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during
the war,and also a reminder
and finally we discovered from his contract employers that
Mr Louis Campher
was killed in an attack on their convey while travelling
from one
construction sight to another during the USA-Iraqi War.
The board of directors of my bank adopted a resolution,and
as the accounting
officer to Mr. Louis Campher I was mandated to provide his
next of kin
for the payment of this money within 28 working days or
forfeit the money to
the bank as an abandoned property.Further investigations
revealed that Mr.
Louis Campher did not declare any next of kin in his
official papers including
the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in
me the last time
he was at my office that no one except me knew of his
deposit in my bank.
So,Fourty-Three Million United state Dollars is still lying
in my bank,and no
one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most
is that The
Directors of my bank had planned to invoke the abandoned
property decree
of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the
period given to me,
Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness but fortunately, I
came
across your email address, my suggestion to you is that I
will like you to
stand as the next of kin to Mr. Louis Campher so that you
will be able to
receive this funds.
However,I seek your consent to present you as the Next of
Kin to the Deceased .
I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary
document that
will back you up as the next of kin to Mr.Louis Campher.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of law.
Be Informed also that we shall share the funds in the ratio
50% for me and 45% for you, while 5% should be map out for
any Expenses you might incure during the process.
Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters
concerning this issue.
I will bring you into a more detailed picture of this
transaction when I hear from you.
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated
via my private email
address[marandrew1@excite.com]
Regards,
Mark.
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