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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: "Steven lee" <k_s200@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: stevenlee_2020@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:53:18 +0000
Subject: Goodday
FROM THE DESK OF STEVEN LEE
PRIVATE EMAIL: stevenlee_2020@yahoo.fr
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
GOOD DAY,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO
NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD
MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE.
LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM STEVEN LEE, THE HEAD OF
TELEX DEPARTMENT OF MY BANK,WHERE AM PRESENTLY WORKING. I SAW YOUR CONTACT
DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY
CHAMBER OF COMMENCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE
VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED
TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR ,
UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN
AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH.HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH.
(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.h tml)
THE DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING
BALANCE AS A JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY FIVE MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK,
NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS,
EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MR
MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER\\\\\\\'S
FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF
NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE MOHAMED KAMAL\\\\\\\'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN
UNKNOWN ACCOUNT. IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS
THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE
RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN
TO THE DECEASED.
ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY
WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE
SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED
THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED
FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH
LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL. IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME
THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR
CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK
AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE EMAIL
ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FORSECURITY REASON ADRESS:
stevenlee_2020@yahoo.fr
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
STEVEN LEE.
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