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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: "Victor Abdusalam" <victorabdusalam10@msn.com>
Reply-To: victorabdusalam10@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:15:12 +0000
Subject: Sincere Demand
Victor Abdusalam,
Please refer your acceptance mail through
victorabdusalamz@yahoo.com
Sir;Ma
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a hugh sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am sure that you are
experienced in handling this sums. We decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$29,500,000.00
(Twenty-Nine million Five Hundred united states dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who paid in these funds into our
bank as depository for an investment program he was involved.
She was at our bank five(5) months ago at the beginning of this investment
program, but unfortunately she died through circumstantial reasons. The
details of the investment program states that she and she only is in control
of the funds and it was invested out of her
corporate estate. Her family records are not stated in our bank records and
in
her investment program contracts. Thus her family are not aware. Again she
is a widow.
The rules in our bank here in South Africa puts the money under current Bank
Assets as soon as they do not get communication from the accounts owner
within a stipulated period agreed during the clients accounts opening. In
the case of this customer, he is meant to send
banking instructions every three months. She died one month ago and I got
to know from my
sources, and her Obituary has also stated in the link below:
http://www.herald-journal.com/obits/2004/barnes0104.html
She has been buried and I know one knows about these funds. Since her death,
none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for this
money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked
out by us for the funds (US$29,500,000.00) to be released in your favour as
the beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an ORDER
OF MADAMUS to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by
furnishing me with the
following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. We look forward to
your suggestions and sharing formula. Your share stays while the rest
shall be for us for investment purposes. If this proposal is acceptable
by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you, I
await your urgent mail.
Regards,
Mr. Victor Abdusalam.
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