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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: "Friedo David" <friedo_david2002@msn.com>
Reply-To: f_david1962@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:14:50 +0000
Subject: Official Investment Proposal
Dear Partner,
Request for Your urgent assistance/investment cum joint venture.
In order to transfer out £15,000,000.00.(fifteen million pounds sterling)
from our bank here I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest
person who will be capable for this important transaction, believing that
you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr. Friedo David, the auditor and head of computing department of a
bank here in Scotland,United Kingdom. There is an account opened in this
bank in 1995 and since my inception into office in 2001, nobody has operated
on this account again,after going through some old files, I discovered that
if i do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for
nothing.
How the money came about:
The owner of this account was Mr. John Hughes who was a foreigner and the
manager of Petrol chemical service here in London, a chemical engineer by
profession and he died since 1995.And then, since 2001, nobody knows about
this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company
does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
(£15,000,000.00).
I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i don't
know any foreigner, i am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be approved to any local bank here in Scotland, but can only
be approved to any foreign account because themoney is pounds sterling's and
the former owner of the account is John Hughes and he was a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know our
selves before neither have we met, but be sure that it is real and a genuine
business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in this
investment.
When the transfer is approved and payment schedule is allocated
overseas,through the offshore paying delegate for final clearance and
signing of the payment release form by the beneficiary, i want us to see at
the oversea payment clearance office face to face for signing of the
original binding agreement to bind us together so that, we can receive this
money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund
will be remitted.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a
foreign account as the real beneficiary. i need your co-operation to make
this work fine, because the management is ready to approve this payment to
any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which i
will Give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in
strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and my advice for
our mutual benefit because I don't want to make any mistake, I need your
strong assurance and trust. I shall destroy all documents concerning these
transactions immediately we receive this money leaving no trace at all.
I will use my position and influence on other staffs to effect the legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance from foreign payment department With assurance that
this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for
the sharing and possible investments. If you are interested, please reply
immediately to my private email address(friedo_david@latinmail.com) and
when replying this mail kindly include your Telephone and Fax number for
better communication.
Thanks and regards,
Mr. Friedo David.
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