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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: "archie kane" <a_kane72@msn.com>
Reply-To: a_kane72@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:20:55 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY
Barr.Archie G. Kane
Kane and Associates
45 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
Email:a_kane72@yahoo.co.uk
It is with great honour and previledge that i write you. My Name is Mr.
Archie Kane, an attorney to Mr Louis Campher.Before the U.S and Iraqi war my
client Mr. Louis Campher who is a national of your country and who (in this
case I am his attorney) 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 Lloyds
TSB Group Plc 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 the bank adopted a resolution, and as the attorney
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
the 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 the 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 name, and to my utmost amazement, you are a nationals of
the same country and that is why i write to you to present you 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 since you are at an advantage as nationals from the same country.I
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 as soon as the funds is paid to
you. 60% for me and 35% for you, while 5% should be for Expenses that might
be incured by both party or Tax as your Government may require.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[a_kane72@yahoo.co.uk]
regards
Archie
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