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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: Walters Anderson <walters_barr@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: contacts_contactme@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:29:49 -0800
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT
Sir;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone
apprehensive and worried, 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.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of (Nine Million United states Dollars)
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along
with his entire family.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay
claims to this money as the heir. We 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 guidelines.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out
by us for the funds (Nine Million United states Dollars) to be released in
your favour as the Beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to note that we have secured from the probate an
order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business
endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
3.Copy of your international passport,national identity or driving lincence
These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer
can be made.
I shall be compensating you with 1 Million Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us. Your share stays with you while the
rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of
the trust
we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email.
Regards,
Walters Anderson.
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