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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: "Edward Luggard" <edwardluggard001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: eelugard@shymail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:03:38 +0000
Subject: LET ME KNOW QUICKLY
From:Mr Edward Lugard
Bills & Exchange Department
Irish Nationwide Building Society
Bankcentre,
Ballsbridge,
26/09/2005
Dublin 4,Ireland.
Relpy To:eelugard@shymail.com
My name is Edward Lugard, I am the credit manager here in a payment office
here in the Ireland. I am contacting you in respect of the transfer of a
huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction
of this nature and magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but
I am assuring you that everything has been taken care off, and all will be
well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the
secrecy,confidentiality and urgency of this transaction.
PRIVATE AND URGENT
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money
from a deceased customer's account who On the 25th of July 2000,
the deceased, German property magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria,
62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their
children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone
apprehensive,I would like to assure you that I am sending you this mail with
the best of intensions.Since then I have been trying to get this funds out
of the deposited payment Office, the sum of US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen
Million United States Dollars) that belongs to the foreign customers who
died along with his entire family in the above accident stated above.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to
lay claims to this money as the heir. The Funds cannot be release 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, I 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 me for the funds
(US$15,000,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next
of kin.
It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate court, an
order of madamus to locate any of the 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.
These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the release of the
funds can be made to you. I shall be compensating you with 25% on final
conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for me.Thereafter I will
visit you in your country for disbursement as I am almost due for
retirement.
Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for me for investment
purposes in your country.If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you,I await your urgent
response to this email.
Regards,
Edward.
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