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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: cole johnson <cole_johnson11@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: cole_johnson11@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:41:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: good day
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: cole_johnson11@yahoo.com
BARRISTER COLE JOHNSON & ASSOCIATIES
109 Churchgate kingsway
London CG162KW
United Kingdom
Private Email: barrister_cole_johnson@yahoo.com
Attn:Sir/Ma,
I am Lawyer Johnson COLE, an attorney to Herr Pfitzmann, a deceased Immigrant. property magnate who was based in the U.K.,Also referred to as my client.
On the 31th of July 2000, my client, his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since then I have been managing his properties here in the U.K.and some of his properties, which he put out for sale. Which I monitored the payment as his attorney, has been bought and paidfor. Now the money paid was deposited into his Local account here.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscatedor declared Unserviceable by his bank.
Particularly, the bank has issued me a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time. My late client has an account valued at 15.5 million dollars.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some time now, and with the bank giving me deadline, I nowseek your consent to present you as the next of kin of thedeceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 15.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you, and I can share the money. 50% to me and 40% for you and 10% for miscellaneous expenses that might arise.
I have all necessary information that can be used to back up any Claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under alegitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach ofthe law. Trust me, as his attorney, this is a risk-free relationship.
Please reach me on my confidential email and send me your full names and address,telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.
Best regards,
BARRISTER JOHNSON COLE
- cole johnson
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