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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "th net" <thnet1@msn.com>
Reply-To: dare_net1@excite.com
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:00:41 +0000
Subject: Reply Asap.
Hello ,
I apologize if the contents here under are contrary to your moral ethics.
But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.My name is Mr.Clarence
Charles Dare. I am an employee of a commercial bank here in England and an
Account Officer to a deceased foreign customer of the same bank, Who
furtunately has the same last name with you.
We lost this customer and his son in a hijacked plane crash, an apparent
terrorist attack here in London in 2001 and his fixed deposit account with
the Bank is valued at US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million U.S Dollars).The account
has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of a next of
kin/relatives to claim his estate, since his son whom he used as his next of
kin died in the same air crash with him.You can view the link below to
confirm the incidence that claimed the life of the deceased.
http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.9.20.12742.2174.html
In accordance with the intestate laws of England, every unclaimed
estates/inheritance must be turned to the Government and the deceased file
with the bank closed out and referred to archives. This is the process the
Bank wants to embark on in the next few months.It is as a result of the fact
that the deceased does not have a surviving or traceable relative that I am
moved to contact you considering the fact that you have the same LASTNAME
with the deceased. In view of this,I would like you to co-operate with me
and act as the deceased next of kin so that the inheritance can be paid to
you before the time period given by the Bank for the inheritance claim
elapses.
Bear in mind that i am the deceased personal account officer and a top
official of the bank,due to this previlaged positions i have in my
possession the deceased personal file jacket which contains valid
information about the deceased and with this information you can be able to
prove your relationship to the deceased because the verification of claim,
which the Bank will conduct on the claimant, will be based on the
information in the deceased file, so there is absolutely no risk to undergo
here.
If you are interested and in agreement with me, please write back
immediately and include a confidential phone number to enable me call you
for a detailed discussion. Be rest assured it is a risk free project and the
proceedings will be shared 50% each once the funds are repatriated into your
account either in your country or elsewhere. If however,you are not disposed
to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the
proposed transaction.
I wait for your prompt response.
Regards,
Mr.Clarence Charles Dare
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