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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: "Mr Mike Lesle" <mike_lesle@msn.com>
Reply-To: mikelesle@legalonline.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:47:24 +0000
Subject: Urgently Respond





Mr.Mike Lesle.
Head of Investigation,
HSBC Bank Plc.
Tooting High St, Summerstown,
London, SW17 0SP England.
Private E-mail: mikelesle@accountant.com


Dear Friend,

SUBJECT: BENEFICIARY SUM OF 30 MILLION POUNDS STERLING GB.

I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my
bank as the next of kin/will beneficiary to Mrs.Sigrid
Fassnacht, a foreign contractor from Cologne, Germany
who died in a plane crash on July 25th 2000 with her
husband Rudi Fassnacht. Her husband and their two
children also perished in the air France Concorde New
York bound flight; please click here for verification.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Before her death she was a contractor to British
National Petroleum Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank
balance with my bank to the tune of (30 million pounds
sterling GB) which will be paid to you as her next of
kin/will beneficiary. For your information, I am the
Head of Investigation Department with HSBC Bank Plc
London,

The board of directors of HSBC Bank Plc which I am also
a member, mandated me to look for any known relation of
Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht, since after her death. However,
all my efforts traces abortive, that is the main reason
I am writing you this to ask for your co-operation for
us to claim this money because it will amount to
injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure
this deposit and invest it, because if nobody comes
forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the
government, based on that I have contacted you to
assist me in making this transaction a reality.

I only have to approve you as the next of kin/will
beneficiary and the fund will be paid to you as the
beneficiary. We are to share this money between
ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the
tsunami victims if you are really interested in this offer you should
contact me through this email address: mikelesle@accountant.com


For detail of this transaction and procedures, please
do forward me your full name, address, phone number, your company name or
occupation these info are vital to the success of this transaction.

Note that this transaction is risk free. I will commence immediately to
secure all legal documents in your favor on your acceptance to fully
co-operate with me.

I await your urgent response to enable us jumpstart this project and nurture
it to reality.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Mike Lesle.
Head of Investigation
HSBC Bank Plc.


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