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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: William Wilcox <bill_exchange@linuxmail.org>
Reply-To: william.wilcox@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:05:10 +0000
Subject: Exchange Department
From: MR William Wilcox
Bills & Exchange Department.
Email: william.wilcox@hotmail.com
PRIVATE AND URGENT
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer
of a huge sum of money from a deceased customer's
account(German property magnate) who On the 7th of
July 2005, the deceased his wife and his only son died
in the Bomb Blast at Kingcross underground
Station.They where on holiday for three weeks as a
tourist and bank with us for over 10years now.It
happened on his birthday. Click below:
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/07/london.tube/index.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8492258 /
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude
might make anyone apprehensive,I would like to assure
you that we are sending you this mail with thebest of
intensions.Please note that we cannot at this time
disclose the name of the bank where the funds
areuntill your interest in disclose.
PROPOSAL;
Since then We have been trying to get this funds out
of the country, the funds where in Pound Sterling and
its equivalent in Dollars is the sum of
US$14,520,000.00 (Fourteen Million,Five Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in an account
that belongs to our foreign customers who died along
with his entire family in the above accident stated
above. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or
relations has come forward to lay claims to this money
as the heir because he never made any one as the next
of kin to his funds( it was his secret account). We
cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon
this discovery, we now seek your permission to have
you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by us for
the funds (US$14,520,000.00) to be released in your
favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.It may
interest you to know that we have secured from the
probate court, an order of madamus to locate any of
the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt
of this message in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
These requirements will enable us file a letter of
claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals in your favour before the transfer can be
made. We shall be sharing the funds in this mannner
70% to us and 30% for you on final conclusion of this
project. Your share stayswith you while the rest shall
be for us for investment purposes in your country.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you,I
await your urgent response to this email:
MR William Wilcox
william.wilcox@hotmail.com
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