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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: "brian moffat" <bmoffat3@msn.com>
Reply-To: sirbrian@inbox.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 04:02:14 +0000
Subject: I await your urgent response
Sir Brian Moffat
Head of Investigation,
HSBC Bank Plc.
Tooting High St, Summerstown,
London, SW17 0SP England.
Private E-mail: sirbrian@inbox.com
Dear Friend,
SUBJECT: BENEFICIARY SUM OF 30 MILLION POUNDS STERLING GB.
I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the next of
kin/will beneficiary to Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht, a foreign contractor from
Cologne, Germany who died in a plane crash on July
25th 2000 with her husband Rudi Fassnacht. Her husband and their two
children also perished in the air France Concorde New York bound flight;
please click here for verification.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Before her death she was a contractor to British National Petroleum
Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of (30
million pounds sterling GB) which will be paid to you as her next of
kin/will beneficiary. For your information, I am the Head of Investigation
Department with HSBC Bank Plc London,
The board of directors of HSBC Bank Plc which I am also a member, mandated
me to look for any known relation of Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht, since after her
death. However, all my efforts traces abortive, that is the main reason I
am writing you this to ask for your co-operation for us to claim this
money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive
step to secure this deposit and invest it, because if nobody comes forward
to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the government, based on that I
have contacted you to assist me in making this transaction a reality.
I only have to approve you as the next of kin/will beneficiary and the fund
will be paid to you as the beneficiary. We are to share this money between
ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the tsunami victims if you are
really interested in this offer you should contact me through this email
address: sirbrian@inbox.com For detail of this transaction and procedures,
please do forward me your full name, address, phone number, your company
name or occupation these info are vital to the success of this transaction.
Note that this transaction is risk free. I will commence immediately to
secure all legal documents in your favor on your acceptance to fully
co-operate with me.
I await your urgent response to enable us jumpstart this project and nurture
it to
reality.
Yours faithfully,
Sir Brian Moffat
Head of Investigation
HSBC Bank Plc.
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