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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: "marios solomon" <mariosmon@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:32:29 +0000
Subject: email back your reply
ATTN:
am really sorry for the mode of contact.its just that
i need to ask for your hand in partnership over a
transaction which we'll both benefit from.
I am Mr. Marios Solomon credit officer of the standard
chartered Bank,des voeux road Branch. I have a
obscured business suggestion for you.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General
Ibrahim Moussa who (in this case I am his accounting
officer) was with the Iraqi forces and also
businessman, made a numbered fixed deposit for 18
calendar months and advised that after the maturity,
that the money should be transfered to our affiliate
branch in Europe. Now, the total value of the money is
Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars only and the money is in our affiliate
branch in Europe. Upon maturity several notice was
sent to him, even during the war early this year.
Again after the war another notification was sent and
still no response came from him. I as his accounting
officer(as all correspondence to him is passed through
me) later found out that the General and his family
had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that
hit their home. After further investigation, I
discovered that General Ibrahim Moussa 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, Twenty
Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars is still lying in my bank's Affiliate Branch
in Europe,and no one will ever come forward to claim
it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws
of Europe, as it concerns their banking rules, at the
expiration 3 years the funds will be reverted to our
Bank in Hong Kong an this in turn will be reverted to
the
ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody
applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my
suggestion to you is that I
will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of
kin to General Ibrahim Moussa so that you will be able
to receive his funds.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned
out (as the accounts officer to General Ibrahim
Moussa) so that we shall come out successful. I have
contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary
document that will back you up as the next of kin to
General Ibrahim Moussa , all that is required from you
at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full
Names and Address so that the attorney can commence
his job.
After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney
will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure
the necessary approval and letter of probate in your
favor for the move of the funds to an account that
will be provided by you. This in turn I will send to
the Affiliate Bank in Europe.
There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we
are going to adopt a legalized method and the
attorneywill prepare all the necessary documents.
Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all
matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have
been
transferred to your nominated bank account we shall
share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you . Should
you be
interested please send me your full names and current
residential address and I will prefers you to reach me
on the email address below(mariosmon@yahoo.co.uk ) and
finally after that i shall provide you with more
details of this operation. Your earliest response to
this letter will be
appreciated.
Kind Regards
Mr. marios solomon
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