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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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  • crichard1959@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • crichard1950@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?Cohen=20Richard?= <crichard1959@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: crichard1959@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 21:29:23 +0800 (CST)
Subject: INQUIRY


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From:Mr.Richard Cohen

Bills&Exchange Department

Irish Nationwide

Building Society

Bankcentre,

Ballsbridge,

Dublin, Ireland

May.18.2006



I am a staff of Bills & Exchange Department Dublin (Ireland). I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned US$11,500,000.00 (Eleven Million, Five Hundred United States Dollars)in an account that belongs to our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in the below accident stated

who On the 25th of July 2000, the deceased, Christian Eich, 57, an Engineer, his wife and two children and his wife's parents all perished in the jet. You can read

through for more information via the following http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm


Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. 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$11,500,000.00) 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.



The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained after five years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed

funds.We agreed that 1.5 Million Dollars of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for me and my colleagues. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account. Please be honest with me and trust is our watchword in this

transaction.this transaction is confidential and risk free.if you are ready to work with us please forward to me the required information below.



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 compensating you with 1.5 Million Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us.Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country,As i am nearing retirement age.


Do Send your Replies to my Confidential mail box (crichard1950@yahoo.com.hk)


Best regards,


Richard Cohen



- Cohen Richard

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