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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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From: "Head Security Dept CommonwealthBank Australia"
<securitydepartment@commonwealthbankworld.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:08:18 +0000
Subject: YOUR KIND ATTENTION
Mr. George Smith
commonwealth Bank of Australia,
19 Bank Place Melbourne,
Australia.
Dear Respected friend,
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for
your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction
requiring maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate,
I can assure you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any
other thing you will need to know regarding this proposal will be
adequately answered to give you a clearer understanding of it, so as
to arrive at a successful conclusion.
My name is Mr. George Smith. , Head of Securities, Commonwealth Bank
of Australia, Melbourne. On December 6, 2002, a foreign
consultant/contractor with the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, Mr. David Sidney
Jocelyn-Duffield, made a numbered time (fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$15,000,000.00, (fifteen Million United
States Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, I sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, that Mr. Jocelyn-Duffield died from
an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he
died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin
was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mr. Jocelyn-Duffield did not declare any next of kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in our Bank. I have carefully moved out these funds
(US$15million) from our Bank to a Security Fianace Company in the
Europe.
From past experiences, I know that no
one will ever come forward to claim the deceased funds. According to
Australian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the funds will be
Unclaimable and revert to the ownership of the Australia Government if
nobody
applies to claim the fund. In order to avert this negative development, I in
conjunction with a colleague (the Chief Operating Officer in the bank) now
seek
your permission to allow us to move this fund to you. so that the
funds (US$15million) would be released to you as the new owner (on behalf of
me and my colleague). We are writing you because, as public servants, we
cannot operate a foreign account or have an account that is more than
160,000:00.
Consequently, I will present you as the owner of the funds in the
Deposit Security Company in Europe so you can be able to claim them.
This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately;
{1.} Telephone and fax numbers for easy communications
Once I receive these information, I will prepare the necessary
documents which will put you in place as the new owner of the funds.
The money will then be released to your custody by the Deposit
Company, for us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the solicitor and this will guarantees the successful execution of
this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via my
email address upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and for further explanation that will help you
understand the transaction.
No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please we imploy
you to observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we shall
require your assistance to invest our share in your country (buying of
properties like real estate etc). This is why your urgent action and
response is of priority to enable us conclud this transaction in a
timely and professional manner. I await your swift response please,
Thanks for anticipated and kind co-operation.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.George Smith.
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