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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: "Mccallum Graeme"<mgraeme44@walla.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:35:21 +0200
Subject: INSTITUTIONAL FUND SERVICES
I am Mr. Mccallum Graeme, INSTITUTIONAL FUND SERVICES,
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, HSBC Bank PLC, London International
Branch, On resumption of duties after the Christmas and New
year celebration i discovered that one of my bank customer,
Mr. JOSHUA WANG ,an Indonesia by birth , a
consultant/contractor with the military relief Group, a
charity organization ato the United Nation( UN), was one of
the victims of the TSUNAMI disaster in the Asia World, he
has being a private resident here in London for 3 years,
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at
£6,500,000.00(Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great
British Pounds Sterling) for twelve calendar months in my
Branch.
As representative with contacts in the Middle
east /Africa,upon the tsunami disaster in his home country
of Indonesia, in which he was on a private visit to see is
sick old parents, i have made personalcontacts to his
resident here in London and through some foreign mission in
Indonesia, and has discoveredthat he and his entire family
perished in
the said natural disaster in his local community in
Indonesia. On further investigation, it also discovered
that he died without making a WILL (En-state) and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless, it was
discovered in the Late Mr. JOSHUA WANG bank papers that the
only persons stated as his entitled next of kin is his only
wife, who also died with him in the disaster, so presently
their is no persons to declare as the next of kin to the
said fund and as it stand now , No person will ever come
forward to claim it. As the bank papers/documents have only
his late wife name, since they have no child before their
sudden death.
In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and
constitution, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim
the funds within certain period.Consequently, I shall
present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of
kin to late Mr.JOSHUA WANG so that you and I can benefit
from the fruits of this old man's labor and also donate
certain portion of the fund to all victims of the Tsunami
disasters through humanitarian Organization.
Be informed that i have in my capacity/position carefully
moved this fund into the Vault of a Security and Finance
Company here in London that have Branches all over Europe/
America where this fund can be claim.
Upon acceptance of this proposal, We shall employ the
services of a solicitor for the drafting of the LAST WILL &
TESTAMENT of Late Mr.Joshua Wang and to obtain all other
relevant papers in your name for the necessary
documentation for payment approval in my bank headquarters
in your favor.
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law as I will use my position as the senior Bank's
personnel in the Institutional fund services, Middle East
and Africa, HSBC BANK PLC, to secure approvals and
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is
required. If this interests you, please reply me
immediately and please include your private phone number
for voice contact and fax number so that I can provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction better.
Awaiting your urgent reply through my private
email:mgraeme@wanadoo.es or
mgraeme1@bareed.alburaq.net
Thanks.
Best regards,
McCallum Graeme
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