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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: "BRUCE SMITH" <bruce_smith09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smithbruce44@jmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:05:49 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FROM MR. BRUCE
FROM: BARR. B. SMAITH
REQUEST FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
This mail will definitely be coming to you as a surprise, but I must crave
your indulgence to introduce myself to you, am Bruce Smith, Banker, based
in London.
However I got your contact through the International web directory. During a
recent investigation, reconciliation and auditing of Natwest Bank Plc's
account, they discovered a dormant account with a huge amount of Money
Valued US$50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million US Dollars Only) that belongs to
One of my late Clients, Mr. Norman R. Vinsen, from Beverwijk, Netherlands,
who died with his family in a plane crash 14 years ago. So the fund has been
dormant in his account with The Natwest Bank Plc Head Office in London
without any claim of the fund, from his family or relation before now. Their
discovery to this development warranted them to contact me as the account
officer and also financial advicer to Mr. Norman R. Vinsen, their late
customer. The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains
unclaimed for 15 years, it will be forfeited to the Bank Treasury as an
unclaimed bill. It is only a foreigner that can stand as
a next of kin and it is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you to
collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund. In order to avert this
negative development, going through my archives, I now remembered and
brought out the last will of my late client where he was yet to fix in the
name of the next of kin to the account. I now seek your permission to fix in
your name in the WILL which I will redraft and have you stand in as next of
kin to Norman R. Vinsen, so that the fund will be released and paid into
your account as Norman R. Vinsen's next of kin since the bank has
requested us to present his WILL for transfer of funds to his next of kin.
I could have done this deal alone but because of my position as his account
officer and due to the need to have a confidential dealing with someone far
away from United Kingdom as any thing otherwise would eventual raise an eye
brow on my side during the time of transfer. I will also get a court
affidavit in your name for the legal transfer of the funds to you.
However, on smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to
40% of the total fund, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses
you may incur while transferring funds from Barclays Bank Plc, and the
remaining 50% will be for me. What I want from you is for you to act as
the deceased next of kin. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free
and transfer will be legally done. Further information will be given to you
as soon as I receive your positive response.
Best Regards,
Barr. B. Smith
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