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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: "Jeffrey Rice" <j_rice11@msn.com>
Reply-To: jeffrey_r@sify.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:02:21 +0000
Subject: FROM JEFFREY RICE.
Dear Friend,
My name is Jeffrey Rice, I am the credit manager in a bank here in the
United Kingdom. I am contacting you in respect of the transfer of a
huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a
transaction of this nature and magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care
of,and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you
due to the secrecy,confidentiality and urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I was the account officer of a foreigner, named Gerald Welsh who died
in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can
confirm this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD
NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his relations or persons have come forward to
lay claims to his this funds as next-of-kin, and on my own i have made
concerted effort to locate any of his relatives but all proved
abortive, which makes me to believe that maybe nobody of his knows that
he was operating this foreign account with my bank. Based on the ethics
and policies of the bank, this funds will be declared unclaimed funds and
taken to the treasury of the bank as capital base of the bank, because
already the account has been tagged dormant because it has exceeded the
normal functional number of years.
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for
it or laysclaim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines.Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission and
assistance to present you and have you stand as a next of kin to the
deceased,so that the funds can be released and transfer to you, as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds
(US$15,000,000.00) to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's
next of kin, if not the members of the board of directors will utilise it
for their
personal aggrandisement. Becauseafterfour years as this is the fifth year
going the money will
be called back tothe bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared
amongst the directors of the bank, so it is on this note i decided to
seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to
this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst
themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate
commission an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance
of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following
information if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name..In order for me to prepare the document for
transferof the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers...For our personal contact and
mutualtrust in each other.
Upon your acceptance I shall send you my identity for more
confidentiality and trust in each other as i shall trust you not to
elope with this funds when it finally gets to your account. I shall be
compensating you with 25% of the sum of (US$15,000,000.00)Fiften Million
United State
Dollas on final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while
the balance, i shall use in prolific investment projects as I intend to
retire after the conclusion of this transaction. If this proposal is
acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you,
I await your urgent response.
Regards,
Mr.Jeffrey Rice.
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