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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: "link firms" <linkfirms@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jeff101gillexpress@walla.com
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:38:34 +0000
Subject: PLEASE REPLY.

Mr Jeff Gillbert
Nat West Bank.
135 Bishopsgate,
London ec2m 3ur.



Confidential Tel:+44 7040118751
Confidential Fax:
Email:jeffgillexpress@walla.com


PRIVATE AND URGENT.

I am contacting you on a business transfer of a
huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though
I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am
assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day. We decided to contact you due to the urgency of
this transaction.

PROPOSITION:

We discovered an abandoned sum of huge amount (POUNDS)in an account that
belongs to one of our
foreign customers who died along with his entire
family. 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 funds 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, we now seek
your permission to have you stand as a next-of-kin
to the deceased as all documentations will be
carefully worked out by us for the funds
(US$7,500,000.00) to be released in your favour as
the beneficiary's next-of-kin. It may interest you
to know that we have secured from the probate an
order of madamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by
furnishing me with the following:

1. Name and address (to be used as the Beneficiary)
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers (to contact you)

These requirements will enable us file a letter of
claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals in your favour before the transfer can be
made. We shall be compensating you with ONE MILLION
POUNDS on final conclusion of this project, while
THE REST shall be for us. Your share stays with you
while the rest shall be for us for investment
purposes. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do
not take undue advantage of the trust we have
bestowed on you.

I await your urgent response.


Regards,

Mr. Jeff Gillbert.

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