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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: "scoth davis" <standardbank@standardbankuk.com>
Reply-To: standardbank@web-mail.com.ar
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:22:29 +0000
Subject: STANDARD BANK LONDON
STANDARD BANK LONDON
5TH FLOOR CANNON BRIDGE HOUSE
25 DOWGATE HILL LONDON
EC4R 2SB UNITED KINDOM
standardbank@web-mail.com.ar
GOOD DAY TO YOU,
MY NAME IS MR. DAVIS SCOTH WITH THE MINING FINANCE DEPT. WITH STANDARD
BANK LONDON.
WE HAD A FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DEPOSITED A HUGE SUM OF MONEY WITH OUR
BANK, WHO LATER DIED AS A RESULT OF PLANE CRASH IN 1999. BEFORE HIS
DEATH, HETRANSFERED THE SUM OF US$26.5M (TWENTY-SIX MILLION FIVEHUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED SATES DOLLARS) TO A BANK IN AMSTERDAM,HOLLAND.
SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER, I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN
INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE
HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF US$26.5M (TWENTY-SIX MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH HAS BEEN WITH THE BANK IN
HOLLAND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOSE
NAME SHALLBE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO BE THE
NEXT OF KIN.
IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY`S FOREIGN TRADE
MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED BY PROVIDENCE THAT YOU COULD BE USED AS
THE NEXT OF KIN. THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS
BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER
AND YOU SHARE THE SAME SURNAME AND SOMEBODY IN LONDON CANNOT STAND AS
THE NEXTOF KIN TO OUR LATE CUSTOMER I AGREED THAT US$5 MILLION OF THIS MONEY
WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER FOR PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE THE
REST WILL BE FOR ME, THEREAFTER, I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT
AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT.
THEREFORE, TO FACILITATE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR
ACCOUNT AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO
THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND FAX NUMBER
FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. UPON
THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL THE NEXT STEP
TO TAKE.
I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS
HITCH-FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE
REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER.YOU SHOULD CONTACT
MEIMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
YOUR RESPECTFULLY,
DAVIS SCOTH .
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