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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: "john williams" <jwilliams_002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dukar05@fastermail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:44:13 +0100
Subject: Urgent response
Dear Friend,
PRIVATE AND URGENT
I am Barr. John Williams esq, and i am contacting you on business
transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account.Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day. I decidedto contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION:
I am the attorney to Dr. Mohamed Galal (deceased) one of our foreign
client.while alive I oversees his estate and other official/financial
obligations as my office demanded being his attorney.Unfortunately, he
died along with his entire family in the plane crash of 31 October,1999
on board the Egyptian Airline 990 along side other passengers. Please
consult the website below for
verification.www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm.
While he was alive, none of his family members was ever known to me
other than his immediate nuclear family.Since his death, none of his
next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as
the heir. I cannot release the fund from his bank unless someone applies
for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines.
Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search for any of his family
members for the claim of the fund proved abortive, I decided to take my
chance with you.I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of
kin to the deceased as I have all documentations including his certified
Death Certificate that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to him
as he had a closing balance d of (7,200,000.00 GBPS(Great British Pounds
Sterling)here in London with a bank,I also have secured from the probate
an orderof mandamus to locate any member of deceased family to become
beneficiary
of this fund.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following: 1.Beneficiary
name and addres 2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers These requirements
will enable me make some internal re-adjustments and file your name in
all the forms and other vital documents as next of kin which before now
was left blank by the deceased in all his files with me seven years ago.
Upon your reply,I will advice the way forward. I must assure you that if
you are serious and follow my instructions carefully, then thisfunds
will be released to you within a seven-working-day period.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of
the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail.
Regards,
John Williams esq.
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