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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: "fehmi mehmet" <fmehmet13@msn.com>
Reply-To: fehmimehmet001@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:41:19 +0000
Subject: MEMO FROM MR FEHMI MEHMET
Fehmi Mehmet
110 Half Edge Lane,Ellesmere Park,
Eccles, Greater Manchester,
United Kingdom
Dear Friend,
I am a staff of Natwest Bank London. I am writing following an oppurtunity
in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us.In my department
we discovered an abandoned sum of £26.5million British Pounds Sterling
(Twenty Six million five hundred thousand British Pounds) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American
who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight
261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.
You shall read more about the crash on
visiting this site.
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/> and
<http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html>
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter
died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of
this fund behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this
department now decided to make business with you and release the money to
you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained
after five years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 35% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while
the balance will be for me and my colleagues.
I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages
indicated above once this money gets into your account.
Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this
transaction.Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.
As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these
funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do
receive your response.Do call me and lets discuss more on this.
Best regards
Fehmi Mehmet.
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