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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_sdavis@uk2.net
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:11:29 +0000
Subject: STANDARD BANK LONDON
STANDARD BANK LONDON
5TH FLOOR CANNON BRIDGE HOUSE
25 DOWGATE HILL LONDON
EC4R 2SB UNITED KINDOM
standardbank_sdavis@uk2.net
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 CAN NOT 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 STEPTO
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 EMAILTRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOUR RESPECTFULLY,
DAVIS SCOTH .
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