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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: "Dan Johnis" <dan_johnis@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:18:46 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED
MR DAN JOHNIS
Email:(dan_johnis@myway.com)
TEL;234-8033-763-033
Attention,Dear Partner
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
My name is Dan Johnis, I am the credit manager in a bank here in the
West Africa. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account.Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitud will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you
that everything has been well taken care off, and all will be well at the
end of the day.
I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.To ease
your apprehension, I got your contact from the British chambers of
commerce and industry, foreign trad division. PROPOSITION; I am the account
officer of a foreigner named George E.Thomas who died in an air crash along
with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other
passengers on board.
You can confirm this from the website below which was
publishedbyCNN.WEBSITE;http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin appears to make claims for this
money as his heir.(May his soul rest in peace).We cannot release the fund
from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a
nextof kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully
worked out by a lawyer for the funds Twenty- Eight million. Five Hundred
Thousand United States dollars(US$28,500,000.00) in a domiciliary account to
be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
Because after four years the money will be called back to the 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 among themselves. It may interest you to know that we
have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the
deceased beneficiaries, Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the
following informations if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name.In order for me to prepare the PAPER WORK for
transferof the fund in your name.
2.Details particulars of your contact address.
3. Direct Telephone and fax numbers;.For our personal contact.
I shall be compensating you with 25% of the total sum on final
conclusion of this project for your assistance, as I have also thought of
doling out 5% to charity organisation from your locality based on your
recommendation another 5% for the services of the lawyer while the balance
65% shall be for me for investment purposes in your country as i cannot
bring back this cash to my country. 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 by
informing you of this transaction from my bank as I will advise you to
kindly desist from responding at all if you do NOT intend to render any
assistance.
Endeavour to respond via my secured
E-mail:-(dan_johnis@myway.com)
Thanks and best regards,
Mr. Dan Johnis.
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