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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: "Johnson Okosun" <johnsonokoson@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:41:50 +0000
Subject: Re: Inheritance Fund
From: Johnson Okosun
Private Email: okosunjohn@o2.pl
Subject: Inheritance Fund
Date: 15th Nov., 2005.
Hello friend,
I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics,
But please treat it with absolute secrecy and personal courtesy.
I am Johnson Okosun an Auditor of a commercial Bank here in the United
Kingdom,
in the the process of auditing our bank accounts I and one of my
colleagues discovered that there is a dormant account valued at the sum
$10,000,000.00 (Ten million united states Dollars) and after due
verification of this account we discovered that the account owner is
late and that is why the account has been dormant and as such a
$10,000,000.00 has been lying in the bank unclaimed.
The idea of presenting somebody who is not related to our late customer to
act as
his next of kin came into my mind that was how and why we have contacted
you to present you as his next of kin, so that the $10,000,000.00 will
be paid to you and we can both disburse the fund according to the
percentage we will agree on.
In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to
stand as the next of kin to our
deceased customer, to enable us claim the fund from my bank. If this
proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage of the
trust, we hope to bestow on you, kindly get back to us, immediately,
strictly via my private email address only: okosunjohn@o2.pl
to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed.
On getting your response, we shall agree on the percentage of disbursing the
$10,000,000.00 between us, as we intend to invest part of our own share
in real estate business in your country, and we would appreciate if you
can put us in the right part investing in your country.
I will not contact any person or company until I hear from you, so as to
enable me
decide on what to do next. Be rest assured that this business is 100%
risk free. We await for your prompt response.
My Regards,
JOHNSON OKOSUN.
NB: Please note that it does not matter whether or not you are related to
our late customer. The fund will be paid to you, since we are presenting you
as his next-of-kin.
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