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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: "james howells" <jameshowells010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jameshowells1@lycos.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:02:47 -0600
Subject: GREETINGS
Barrister.James Howells(LLB HONS)
Atkin Chambers
1 Atkin Building Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5AT
www.atkinchambers.com
Private Tel:+44 704 011 1707
Fax: + 44-87-0912-3979
Dear Sir,
I am Barrister.James Howells, lawyer to late Mr.Morris Thompson an American
who lost his life in a plane crash involving Alaska Airline's Flight 261
which crashed on January 31st.2000, including his wife and only daughter. Mr
Morris Thompson,aged 61 hailed from Fairbanks, Alaska in United States of
America. He was one of the states's most prominent native and business
leader.All these you are very free to verify from the web link below for
more information and clarification about his socio-economic status until his
death; http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Before the demise of my client,he disclosed to me his account status which
is about £40.5million British Pounds Sterling (Fourty million five hundred
thousand British Pounds Sterling).He also handed over to me some vital
documents regarding this fund trapped now at Natwest Bank London,England. I
was at the last burial rights on February,5th,2000 to pay my final respect
to Late Mr.Morris Thompson.There I made thorough inquiries about his kins
but,discovered no one really knows about this fund currently sited at
Natwest bank London.Since then,I have made successive attempts to get his
next of kin or relative to come forth and claim this fund but to no
avail.And as personal lawyer to my late client, I cannot in any way claim it
unless someone overseas does so. I must not hesitate to inform you that just
a forth night ago, I received a routine notification from Natwest Bank
London concerning this fund, and the officials of this bank issued me a
warning, stressing the urgency for late Mr.Morris Thompson's relative or
next of kin to come forward to claim this fund immediately or they will have
it confiscated and forwarded to the nation's treasury account as an
unclaimed fund.This is the agreement they have reached at the bank and they
also reiterated that this is according to their banking guidelines.
MY PROPOSAL;
Owing to the fact that his only daughter whom should have claimed this
fund,also perished in that fatal air crash,I want you to place you as the
next of kin to late Mr. Morris Thompson.Like I earlier asserted,I have in my
possession the necessary documents that will enable me to apply on your
behalf as the right beneficiary to my late client's fund in this bank.Be
informed that upon successful transfer of this money into your account,you
shall have 35% of it as your share.I must also remind you that honesty and
trust, transparency must be our watchword in the course of this transaction.
N:B, This transaction is confidential and risk free. You can only contact me
on my TEL/FAX No; +44 704 011 1707 oremail address to
:jameshowells1@lycos.com I will discuss with you in details when I receive
your response. Please include the following in your reply;
(1.)Your Name in full.
(2.)A reliable phone and Fax number
(3.)Occupation
(4.)Company or Business Address
I look forward to receiving your reply soon.
Yours faithfully
Barrister.James Howells
Atkin Chambers ( Attorneys and Solicitors)
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