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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: "Ian Reed" <mianreedm@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrianr@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:31:47 +0000
Subject: HELLO
Greetings to you,
I am Barrister Ian Reed, I am the Personal Attorney to the late Morris
Thompson, a US citizen, who used to work with Doyon Ltd and also a partner
to Agip Energy & Natural Resources. On the 31st of January 2000, my client,
his wife (Mrs. Thelma Thompson) and their Daughter (Miss. Sheryl Thompson)
were involved in a plane crash (Alaska Airlines Flight 261), which crashed
into the Pacific Ocean; go through the websites for more information:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the crash, since
then I have made several inquiries to the embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to
locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you.
I am reaching you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where
the deceased had an account valued at about £17.3 Million Great Britain
Pounds Sterling.
Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next 30 days. Since I have been
unsuccessfully in locating the relatives for over 4 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 £17.3 million Pounds Sterling can be paid
to you as the next of kin and then you and I can share the money. 55% to me
and 40% to you, while 5% will be for expenses or tax as your government may
require.
I have all necessary legal documents to back up any claim we may make. All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by
my email to enable us discuss further.
Please respond with your address, phone and fax numbers in your response.
Please note that this business is confidential and risk free, we must keep
it confidential till the funds gets to your account. Furthermore, please
note that; who you are, your age, job, profession does not matter and you
will be better briefed when I hear from you.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Ian Reed esq.
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