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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: "cheung pui" <puicheun@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:58:45 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME PLEASE
Dear friend,
Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr.Cheung Pui,of Investment Banking
Hang Seng Bank Ltd,Des Voeux Rd Branch.I have a obscured business
proposition for you, before i go any further i will like you to treat my
letter in good reasoning.I work with Hang Seng bank, des vouex rd branch and
before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Major Fadi Basem who was with the
Iraqi army and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18
calendar months, with a value of Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand
United States dollars in my branch.Upon maturity several notice was
sent to him and no response came from him. Another notification was sent
early March and still no response came from him, i then took it upon myself
as his account/laison officer to make contact with his next of kin but to no
avail,and upon digging further i discovered that the Major and his family
had been gruesomely mudered by iraqi insurgents, since then i have been
devastasted by my findings because of the fact that he was very nice a
person from all human spheres. What bothers me most which also prompted me
to contact you is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration
of the period, the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong
Government once the bank authorities uncovered that his account is dormant
and imobilized over a period of time if there are no sign of bank/client
co-operation. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will
like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Fadi Basem so that
you will be able to receive his funds when mobilized by the process that i
will innitiates through legal means via an attorney that i will contact to
prepare the necessary document that will be used to back you up as the next
of kin and beneficiary to Major Fadi Basem funds.I will give you more
details about all you deem to know about this venture once i receive word of
assurance from you.
I want you to know that what you and I are embarking on is at this point is
a business relationship, I want you to understand that this is business
oriented. You and I have NO history relationship and it is important to me
that we level the playing field in all circumstances and that we communicate
what parameters we can work that will be bring results and also help to
minimises the risks usually associated with the transfer of huge
funds,within me I DO deal well with the Who, What, When, With-whom and How
events will play out that is what is neccessary to me in the course of this
transaction because of the funds in question as it requires we act as mature
adults in this Matter,once our plan materialise, we can get to know each
other far better-- later, We can arrange to meet anywhere in the world, we
can develop a long standing interest in one another and can consider
investment opportunities together. I want you to understand my position
regarding the funds involved and concur with me that effort to move the
funds outside of Hong kong is worth the effort as opposed to my governments
position of moving the funds to the governmental coffers once detected.
The Attorney that i will contact will file in for claims on your behalf and
secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the
funds to be move. I am going to adopt a legalized methods and the risk
involved will be minimal, i hope you understand and see reason with me. Note
that sharing percentage is negotiable between us.For confidentiality reasons
please i advice that you contact me on my private email address
(pui_cheun@yahoo.com.hk) with your full names,current address, fax and
telephone number for detailed discussion.
I will appreciate your earliest response to this letter.
Kind Regards,
Cheung.
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