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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: "Michael Johnson" <m_johnson010@msn.com>
Reply-To: michael_johnson@centoper.it
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:41:02 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY TO YOU
Hello:
I am Michael Johnson, Branch Manager of a Bank here in the United Kingdom.
On 20th of January 2000, a foreign consultant with Anglo Siberian Oil
Company PLC and a property magnate made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at £12.2Million (Twelve Million, Two hundred
thousand Great British Pounds) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I personally sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers, Anglo Siberian Oil Company PLC that
Andreas Schranner, his wife and their only daughter died in the Air France
concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise. On
further investigation, I found out that his only daughter who was aboard on
same airplane was his next-of-kin and she died on the same day. It was most
unfortunate. And all attempts to trace his family relative have been
fruitless.
I have made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Schranner did not
declare any heir or relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of £12.2Million has carefully
been fixed in my bank for safekeeping. According to English Law, at the
expiration of Seven years, the fortune is supposed to be bequeathed to the
government. However, I don't belong to that school of thought which proposes
that the fortune of unlucky people be given to the government.
My purpose of contacting you is to seek your acting as the beneficiary and
lay claim the legacy of £12.2Million before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by this bank. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like
you as a Foreigner to stand in as the next of kin so that you will be able
to receive the funds that were fixed deposited in my bank. I am writing you
because I as a public servant cannot operate a foreign account.
Again, I feel that you may be apprehensive and consider this amount too big
for you to defend. It does not matter; this is a legacy being passed on to a
next-of-kin. The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 70%
for me and 30% for you. An Attorney will do the paperwork for your claims
and this will guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
As I am not very sure of getting your consent on the issue I prefer not to
divulge my full identity so as not to risk being probed. The English Law
considers it a breach of my professional working ethics. Hence, I need not
emphasize to you that the sensitivity of this issue need not be toyed with
by neglecting its confidentiality. I therefore appeal to you not discuss
this request with anybody, even if you decline my request.
Until I am sure of your consent and full cooperation, I would prefer that we
maintain correspondence by email. At this point I want to assure you that
your true consent, full cooperation and confidentiality are all that are
required for us to take full advantage of this opportunity.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
My sincere regards,
Michael Johnson.
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