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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: "williams heary" <solicitorwilliams@ukofficeworld.com>
Reply-To: solicitorhenry2005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:03:37 +0000
Subject: Dear JOLEN
Dear JOLEN
I am Williams Henry, Solicitor. I am the
PersonalAttorney to Engr.Thomas bliss. A national of
United
State of America, who used to work with shell/oil
Development Company in London as the chief Engineer.On
the 2nd of may 2002,my client, his wife And their
three children were involved in a car accident along
Cardiff Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to their
embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.After
these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to trace
his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member
of his family but to no avail hence I contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money that belong to my
client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit
waslodged.Particularly, the Bank where the late
decease had an account valued at about US$3 three
Million United States dollars)
has issued me a notice today to provide the next of
kin or have the account confiscated within the next
ten official working days.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so
that the proceeds of this account valued at S$3M can
be paid to your account. For your assistance, you
shall be compensated with 15% of the total funds while
5% should be for expenses or tax as your government
may require. I will appreciate that you forward the
following information so that we can proceed
immediately with the deal
if you are interested to assist.
1. Your Full Name and Address
2. Your Telephone and Fax numbers
3. Your Age
4. Your Profession
5. Your Sex
6. Nationality
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
have this transaction accomplished. I have all the
documents (DEATH CERTIFICATE AND DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE)
that guarantee this transaction is executed under a
legitimate arrangement.This will protect everyone
involved from breach of the law. I will also send you
text of claim application to fill out. You shall be
expect to fill it out and forwarded to the
bank,requesting for the immediate remittance of the
fund into your nominated account.It is worthy to note
that due to the nature of this transaction absolute
confidentiality is required till when the fund has
been remitted into your nominated account.
Let me assure you once again, that this transaction is
safe and rik free from any encumbrace because adequate
arrangement have been put in place for its success.
All is required of you is absolute sincerity.
Best regards,
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