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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: "erickw115@yahoo.com.hk" <erickw115@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:49:37 -1200
Subject: greetings
Mr.Eric Wong.
99 Queens Road,
Central London
Uk,
Dear Friend,
I write you in good faith, hoping that you will treat this
letter as a desperate search for assistance in a matter that
shall benefit both of us.
A random search based on your locality from the Internet
produced your address, Please i apologise for this medium of
contact as it appears the only definate way i can have
assistance with
this matter.
I am Mr Eric Wong,Former Head of Private Banking, Union Bank
Of China,Presently based in London, United Kingdom.Also
account Manager to a deceased Immigrant property magnate who
was based in the U.K, and had vast business interest in Hong
Kong and and China ,also referred to as my client.
On Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK , my client,
his wife and their two Children died in the Air France
concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a
world cruise
I have been managing his Bank accounts in Hong Kong, and
some Properties which he had put out for sale. The
properties which have long been put out on sale have been
paid for, and
the money paid has long been deposited into his local bank
account
here. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the
money and estate
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared
unserviceable by my Former Bank. Particularly, the bank has
issued me with a
notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account
confiscated within a short period of time.My late client has
an account is valued at 18
Million United States Dollars Only
I therefore made further investigation,with the personel
department and discovered that did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$18million is
still sitting in my
Former Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the
end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Laws
of Hong Kong, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to
my deceased client, so that the proceeds of his account
valued at 18 Million United States Dollars Only can be paid
to you,
I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address so
that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that
will put you in place as the next of kin.
The money will be paid to you for us to share in the ratio
of 60% for me and 35% for you and 5%, after completion,for
Expenses Incurred in the course of the transaction .There is
no risk
at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the
attorney and with my position as the Head Private Banking
guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please
reply immediately to my email: erickw115@yahoo.com.hk
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach
of the law. Trust me as his Manager of his Estates, as i
have all
the needed information, that this is a risk-free
relationship.You
should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that
this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your
assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks and regards.
Eric Wong.
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