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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: "Markus Uma" <markusuma1960@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:47:43 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,
Dear Friend,
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that
this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat
it serious.
I am Mr. Markus Uma, a Banker with the Gulf Citizen
Bank.I am the Accounts officer to late Mr. Michael
Brown, the African Area Director of SIL
International,who unfortunately died in the crash of
Kenya Airways Flight 431 in Abidjan,Ivory
Coast,January 30 2000. You will read more stories
about the crash on visiting This website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/africa/641081.stm
Mr. Michael was from Sandwich, Illinois United
States.Since the death of Michael,I as his accounts
officer in the bank,have made several enquiries to
locate his only surviving relation, without any
success. I came across your name and contact, on the
course of my personal searching for Micheal's
relations,so I decided to contact you for this
project.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and
securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit
account by Michael,before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by my bank. The board of my
bank,has issued a notice that after 2 months from now
And no next of kin shown up for the claim, the funds
will be confiscated and declared unserviceable.Since I
and my team have been unsuccessful in locating
Michael's relatives for sometime now, I seek your
consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the
deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the
proceed of this deposit valued at ($USD12.2Million
Dollars) can be released to you.
The bank will release the funds to any foreigner who
has all related information/documents to the bank
account. I am in charge of this matter in my
bank,because I am his accounts officer.Your
application will be directed to my department for
verification and Approval. Everything is under my
control.
I shall provide you all the information and copy of
the certificate of deposit issued to Michael when he
deposited the funds.I shall also involve a good
attorney who shall represent you in all the
appropriate offices for the claim. Please,I also have
all necessary information we need for the claim and
once the money is transferred to you, I shall destroy
all the documents used for the claim and leave no
traces.After everything,We shall Split the Funds 40%
goes to me and 30% goes to you,while the other 30%
goes to charity mostly the Hurricane and Earthquake
Victims in America and Asia.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
conclude this business successfully. I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the
law.Michael was a very good man and it is not wise to
allow his hard earned wealth to be stolen by the
greedy directors of my bank.
Therefore, if this offer is accaptable to you,please
forward me with your Full Names,Contact Telephone &
Fax Number,Company Name & Home Address for further
documentation and briefing.I look forward to hearing
from you soon.
Please If you are Interested in Assisting,Then kindly
Reply Through this Private and Confidentail Email For
further documentations and briefing.
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Best Regards
Mr. Markus Uma
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