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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: "Mr. Kenneth Philip" <kennethphilip_bank11@msn.com>
Reply-To: kennethphilip_bank11@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:44:51 +0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS/ GET BACK TO ME FOR MORE DETAILS
MR. KENNETH PHILIP
(BRANCH MANAGER)
CO-OPERATIVE BANK
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: kennethphilip_bank11@yahoo.ca
My Dear,
Please kindly read through this letter and get back to
Me soon. I am Mr. Kenneth Philip, Branch Manager of CO-OPERATIVE
BANK LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. I made up my mind with trust to
Contact you for an urgent and very confidential business, knowing
fully well that we have had no previous dealings.
On the 9th of July 2002, Engr. Michael Foster a foreign
Fiber Optics consultant here in London made several times huge sum
(Fixed) deposit valued atUS$7,800,000.00(Seven Million eight hundred thousand Dollars). Upon yearly maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers that he lost his life with his wife and his only son in the Bomb Blast at King cross underground Station while on holiday tour with his
Family. You can click the news link below for highlight:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8492258/
On further investigations, I found out that he made no
WILL outside his immediate Family, and all attempts to trace his relatives was Fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that late Engr. Michael Foster did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank. This sum of US$7,800,000.00 is still
Sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each month. No one will ever come forward to claim it. At the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will be reverted to the bank escrow account if no body applies to claim this fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to late Engr. Michael Foster so that the fruits of this Man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt top officials of this bank. This is simple as long as I am here to
Direct and provide you with every information required.
There is no risk at all as all the paper work for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. Once the
Fund is approved and released to your account, you will be entitled to 50% while 50% remains for me.
Please feel free to provide me with your full names, address and direct
Telephone and fax number while we employ the service of an Attorney for
Drafting and notarization of the WILL and to secure and prepare affidavit of claim in your favor including letter of probate/administration so which will put you in place as the next of kin.
If you are interested, please reply immediately. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. All I want from you is honesty and trustworthiness.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
Require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
I await your urgent reply.
Regards.
Mr. Kenneth Philip
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