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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 ikechi <dr_dan_ike@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:54:26 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FORM DR DAN IKE
Bills and Foreign
Exchange
Remittance
Department of
Standard Chartered
Bank London.
Attn: dear ,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring that this is real and genuine.I am the director,
bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of the Standard
Chartered Bank London. I came to know you in my private search for a
reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidentia lTransaction,which
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring
maximum confidence.
MY PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$1,320,000.00 (0ne million three
hundred and twenty thousand united states dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our customers(Andreas Schranner ) who died along with his
wife and entire family on 25th July, 2000,Air France Concorde flight 4590
plane crash.Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come
forward to lay claims for this money as the heir. 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, unfortunately,no family
member nor relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this
discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to
the deceased so that the funds (one million three hundred and twenty
thousand united states dollars) can be released and paid into your account
as the beneficiary's next of kin otherwise the fund will be returned to
treasury as unclaimed funds. All documents to enable you receive this funds
will be carefully worked out.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letters of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;
On final conclusion of this project, 65% of this shall be for us, while 25%
shall be for you and the remaining 10% shall be used to compensate either
party for any expenses incurred. Your share 25% stays while,while our 65%
share shall be used for investment purposes in your country. For your
confirmations,you can visit this website for more info
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail. Please reply to
dr_dan_ike@yahoo.ca Best Regards,
Dr Dan Ikeche
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