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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: "Wayne Smith" <wayne_smith003@msn.com>
Reply-To: waynesmith@mail2wayne.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:03:49 +0000
Subject: Very Important, Please Read
Greetings,
I am Wayne Smith, a staff of Natwest Bank London. I am writing following an
oppurtunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of £7.5 Million British
Pounds Sterling (Seven million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds
Sterling) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr.
Morris Thompson.
He is an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which occured on January 31 2000, including his
wife and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting
this site.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Since we got information about his demise, we have been expecting his next
of kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or as a relative to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
After careful investigation and due enquiries, we learnt that his supposed
next of kin was his only daughter, who also died along with him in the plane
crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund for the claim.
It is as a result of this discovery that my colleagues and I in this
department decided to make contact you with the offer of acting as the next
of kin or beneficiary of the funds. We however do not want this money to go
back into government treasury as unclaimed bill.
We agreed that 35% of this money will be for you as the foreign partner,
while the balance will be for my colleagues and I.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive
this mail you should contact me by return mail whether or not you are
willing to enter into this deal. Please be discreet about this transaction
as we are still in the employ of the bank and would not want anything that
will truncate our career.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these
funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do
receive your response.
Please in your response, include your telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. I can be reached on my email address which is
waynesmith@mail2wayne.com
Best regards,
Wayne Smith
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