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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: "ROWLAND MOORE" <r_moore25_25@msn.com>
Reply-To: rowlandmoore@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:09:33 +0000
Subject: URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
FROM THE DESK OF ROWLAND MOORE
PRIVATE EMAIL:(rowlandmoore@o2.pl)
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
GOOD DAY,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO
NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD
MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM
ROWLAND MOORE, THE HEAD OF TELEX DEPARTMENT OF MY BANK,HERE AM PRESENTLY
WORKING. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION
CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMENCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN
THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND
WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, OIL
MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR , UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS A VICTIM
OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH. HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT THE
PLANE CRASH. (www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.h tml) THE
DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING BALANCE AS
A JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY FIVE MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW
EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS HAS
BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MR MOHAMED KAMAL
YASSER\\\\\\\'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE PERCEIVED
POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE MOHAMED KAMAL\\\\\\\'S NEXT-OF-KIN,
THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND
CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT. IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED
YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE
FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE
NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE
FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE DIFFERENT
OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED
ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED
WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE
TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES
YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION
AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL
PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE,
ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE EMAIL ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASON ADDRESS (rowlandmoore@o2.pl)
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ROWLAND MOORE
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