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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: robert clive <robertclive@cooltoad.com>
Reply-To: robertclive01@cooltoad.com
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:31:09 +0000
Subject: From :Robert clive
Bankers Trust International
Marlborough House, Pall mall
swiy5hx.UK London,
Email:robertclive@cooltoad.com
Or:robertclive01@cooltoad.com
I am the Manager Bills and Exchange, Foreign Operations
Department of the above branch. I’m writing in respect of one
Mr. Oakley a customer of my branch with A/C#: 304-1425520-04
USD, who died in April 2002 in a plane crash.
Since we got the information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim his money
because we cannot release unless somebody applies for it as the
next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines. And since no one has come forward to claim
these fund for years now, we discovered/realized that the fund
(US$10.8m) with the above account number has been abandoned. I
got your contact information when I visited (USA) in search of
his Next of Kin or relation but could not find anyone.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other senior
officials in my department decided to make business with you
and release the money to you as the Next of Kin or relation of
the deceased for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming forward for it and we do not want this money
to go back into the Bank of England Account as Unclaimed Fund.
This is because the Banking Laws and Regulations here
stipulated that if such money remains unclaimed after five
years the money would be transferred into Government Treasury
as unclaimed fund. It is in view of this that we decided to
solicit your assistance to use your name as the next of kin to
the deceased.
The request of a Next of Kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer is from your locality. We agreed
that US$4.3M of this fund will be for your assistance, Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars will be donated to charity while the
rest will be for me and my partners. So upon the conclusion of
this transaction and your receipt of this fund, I and two other
of my colleagues will visit you for the disbursement.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer/release of the fund
to you as stated, you must apply first to the Bank as a
relation or Next of Kin of the deceased.
Upon receipt of your reply I will send to you by fax Text of
the Application and the next steps to be taken. I will also not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any fear as the whole
required arrangement has been made for the transfer/release of
these fund to you.
Note: This transaction is confidential and risks free. As soon
as you receive this letter, you should contact me at once
through the above stated email address or Fax No. Thanks,
trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Clive
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