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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: "Mike Reals" <mikereals01@msn.com>
Reply-To: mikereals@sify.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:41:51 +0000
Subject: Re: Personal Business.
Mr. Mike Reals.
99, Queen's Road Central,
E13 5TY, East London,
United Kingdom.
Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Mike Reals of Halifax Investment Bank, London. I am contacting you
on a personal and confidential note. On July 6, 2004, our client Mr. Mike
Hall, a businessman, made a numbered fixed deposit for 6 (six) calendar
months, with a value of US$45 Million only with this bank. Upon maturity six
Months later, several notices where sent to him and no response came from
him. A final Maturity Notice on his investment was sent early February and
still no response came from him.
The Bank officially sent a two-man delegate to his residence and his
official address as stated in his confidential file with the bank, only to
find out that the business mogul and his family perished in the Tsunami
disaster. A confirmation of the death of Mike Hall and his wife can be seen
via the link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4153821.stm
After further investigations, it was also discovered that Mr. Mike Hall did
not declare any next of kin in his official papers apart from his wife who
also died in the disaster, including the paper work of his bank deposit. And
he also confided in me the last time he visited my office that no one apart
from his wife and me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Forty Five million
United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come
forward to claim it, that I know for sure.
According to the laws of the United Kingdom, at the expiration of one year
(1 year) without any transaction on the account, the funds will revert to
the ownership of Government if nobody applies for claim of the funds. I will
like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Mike Hall to
enable you receive the funds. Let’s put heads together to see how we can
transfer these funds out of this country and use it judiciously.
I have contacted an Attorney that will prepare the necessary documents that
will back you up as the next of kin to Mr. Mike Hall. All that is required
from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your full names and
Address including your direct phone and fax numbers for my Attorney to
commence his job.
My Attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the
necessary approval and letters of probate in your favour for the funds to be
moved to an account that will be provided by you. We are going to adopt a
legalized method and the Attorney will prepare all the necessary documents
and no risk will be involved.
I am offering you 25% of the total sum for your assistance and partnership
in this deal. Note, this is negotiable by both parties, so if this is not ok
with you, let me know what sharing ratio you would want, if it is ok with
me, we can go ahead.
Contact me immediately with your full names, address, occupation, personal
and direct fax and telephone number if you are interested to do this
business with me and more details will be provided to you about the Project.
Best Regards,
Mike Reals.
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