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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: "Cheung Kim" <cheungkimpoong@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:55:18 -0800
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FROM THE DESK OF DR.CHEUNG POONG KOO KIM
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
CITI BANK OF HONG KONG (C.B..HK) KOWLOON-HONG KONG.
Hello,
I am the manager of Auditing and Accounting department of CITI BANK OF HONG
KONG (C.B.HK) here in Kowloon-Hong Kong. In my department,
we discovered an abandoned sum of US$20.5M dollar(TWENTY MILION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs t o one of our foreign
customers (Mr. Kurt Kahle of Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire
family in July 2000 in a plane crash. For more information about the crash
visit this
site:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement sincenobody is coming
for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank's treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by
the fact that the ustomer was a foreigner and a Hong Kong citizen cannot
stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 30% of this money will be
for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account by you, and 70%
would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentage indicated.
Therefore, to enable bank as a relation or next of kin of the deceased with
a text of application form that I will send to you when I hear from you,
hence I will want you to send to me your private telephone and fax numbers
for easy and effective communication and location wherein the money will be
remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will s end to you by fax or email
the text of the application form . Note that this transaction is hitch- free
as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this
letter.Trusting to hear from you immedi ately. contact me througth my
private e-mail:cheungkimpoog2@yahoo.co.jp
Yours Faithfully,
DR. CHEUNG POONG KOO KIM
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
CITIBANK OF HONG KONG (CB.HK)
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