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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: "valentine johnson" <valentine_johnson05@msn.com>
Reply-To: valentine_johnson05@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 01:16:43 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL
Confidential and urgent From Mr. Valentine Johnson:
Dear Sir/Madam,
URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
Please do not be offended if I have invaded your privacy. I am Mr. Valentine
Johnson an accounts officer with the Bank of Scotland, London branch; I am
contacting you on a business transaction involving a huge sum of money from
a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make anyone apprehensive, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the
end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.
I was the accounts officer to Mr. Selah Adams (deceased) one of our foreign
customers. While he banked with us, I oversaw his accounts and other
official/financial obligations as my office demanded being his accounts
officer, unfortunately, he died along with his entire family in the plane
crash of 31 October 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alongside other
passengers. While he was alive, I knew none of his family members other
than his immediate nuclei family. Since his death, no next-of-kin or
surviving relation has contacted the bank, and none of them have been traced
either. I cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies
for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
regulations.
Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search for any family member that
would lay claim to this fund, I have decided to take my chance with you. I
now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased as
I have all original documentations including his certified Death Certificate
that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to him as he had a closing
balance of £5,500,000.00 pounds (Five million, Five hundred thousand Pounds
Sterling) here in our bank in London. I also have secured from the probate
an order of mandamus to locate any member of the deceased family member to
become beneficiary of this fund. In return for your service and assistance
you will be entitled to 25% of this money, 5% will go to settle all expenses
incurred during the process of this transaction, while the balance 70% will
go to us. Please acknowledge receipt of this message by contacting me via my
private e-mail valentine_johnson05@yahoo.co.uk, or call me on my private
telephone number +44-703-184-7743, and in acceptance of this business
proposition, please furnish me with the following:
1. Your full Names
2. Your complete mailing address
3. Your private Telephone and fax numbers
4. Your private email address
These process will enable us make the necessary re-adjustment and effect the
change of beneficiary within the bank making you the next of kin, the
deceased upon opening of the account six years ago left this before now
blank. Upon your reply to this email, I will give you more information. I am
also assuring you that this transaction is 100% risk free on your part and
it has been logically and carefully worked out for a successful execution. I
solicit your interest and trust in this proposal as I await your response.
Warm regards,
Mr. Valentine Johnson
Tel: +44-703-184-7743
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