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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: "Leo Paul" <leo_paul02@msn.com>
Reply-To: leo_paul004@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:44:18 +0000
Subject: Financial Trust
Dear Partner,
Compliment of the season. I got to know of you in search for a
Reputable and reliable person to assist me in an urgent needs requiring
Utmost trust and confidentiality. I am Dr.Leo Paul, the manager
in the
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT. of UNION BANK PLC.
I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to
carry
out this business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of ($18.5million) Eighteen Million
and
Five
Hundred thousand Dollars Only in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign
Customer Late Mr.Robert Ebner,who died along with his entire family of
a
wife and
Three children in December 26, 2003 in a plane crash. Since we heard of
his
Death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and put
claims
for
His money as the heir, because we can not release the fund from his
account
Unless someone applies for the claims as the next of kin to the
deceased
as
Indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relatives
Has ever appeared to claim the fund. Upon this discovery, I and other
Officials in my department have agreed to make a deal with you and
release
The fund into your account as the NEXT OF KIN of the decease, since no
one
Came for it or discovered the maintained account with our Bank
otherwise
the
Fund will be returned to the bank's treasury as unclaimed fund. Please
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For your confirmation of the death of the money will be paid into
your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and my
Colleagues, and 35% for you, while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might
Have incurred during the process of the transferring.
After the successful completion of this transaction, one of my
Colleagues and I will come to your country and mind our percentage.
It is from our share we intend to import medical equipments into my
Country as a way of recycling the fund. To commence this transaction,
We require you to immediately indicate your interest if this proposal
is
OK.
By you or you do not wish to take advantage of the trust we hope to
bestow
On you, then kindly reach me through my private email address
(leo_paul004@yahoo.es).
On getting your response and willingness to do this business with me
And my colleagues, I will then inform you on how we go further in the
Transactions.
NOTIFICATION: THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, FOR YOUR
INFORMATION AND ASSURANCE TO AVOID BEIGN SCARED ABOUT THE TRANSACTIONS.
I await your immediate response.
Best Regards.
Dr.Leo Paul
Manager.
UNION BANK PLC
Phone: 234-8024117846
EMAIL: leo_paul004@yahoo.es
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