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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: "Paul Tucker" <paul.tucker@bankofengland.com>
Reply-To: bolag@post.cz
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:28:18 +0200
Subject: helping hand
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Paul Tucker, a Director with the Bank of England in the United Kingdom. On June 6, 2002, a Consultant with the Exxon Mobil oil company in Kuwait, Mr. Cesar Martinez made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for Twelve Calendar months, to the tune of $10,000,000.00(Ten Million, US Dollars)in our Bank. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address in Mexico but got no reply. After a month, I wrote a reminder and finally I discovered from his employers that he died in an explosion while working on one of their Oil Rigs in Malaysia. On further investigation, I found out that he died without disclosing to anyone his dealings with my organization. I therefore made additional investigation and discovered that Mr.Martinez did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his documents with
us, including his Bank Deposit papers in our possession. The sum of $10,118,678.00, which represents Capital and Interest on the deposit, has been carefully moved out of my Bank to a security company for safekeeping. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to our Banking Act of 1990 here in England, at the expiration of 5 (Five) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. I would want you, as a person to stand in as his Next of Kin. You will then be entitled to the deposit. All the paper work and necessary documents involved will be obtained by an experienced attorney here in London.We will ensure that all the documents regarding this Money reflect your name as the next of Kin, after which you will contact the security company with all the documents for the release of funds to you. I am offering you 20% for your effort. I want to assure you that there is virtually no risk on
your person as you will be guided in every step you take all the paper work will be prepared in your name by the Lawyer. To achieve this: you will first of all assure me that you will not contact me via my office phone or email address and that you will contact me only through my personal secured address below.This is a result of my being a director. You will also maintain strict confidentiality on this information and must assure me that you will not make away with the money when it gets into your possession and that no harm will befall me when I join you to invest my share of the money. Your
reply is urgently needed.Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details.
Please observe utmost confidentiality.
Best Regards
Paul Tucker
(exemption@post.cz)
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