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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: "Easty Lawrence" <eastydlaw@terra.com.mx> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:48:55 +0100
Subject: From Easty.D. Lawrence
Good day,
I am Mr.
Easty David Lawrence,a Manager of the Broad Street Cahoot
Holding & Finance Ltd in London.
On June 6, 2000, a Consultant with the Exxon Mobil oil company in
Malaysia, Mr. Alfred Carlson made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months,to the tune of £14,000,000.00(Fourteen Million,
Pounds Sterling) in my Branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply.
After a month, I wrote a reminder and finally I discovered from his
employers, Exxon Mobil Corporation that Mr. Alfred Carlson died in an
explosion while working on one of their Oil Rigs in Malaysia.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a
WILL.
I therefore made additional investigation and discovered that Mr.
Alfred Carlson did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit papers in our
possession.
The sum of £15,000,000.00, 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, at the expiration of 6 (Six)
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.
I will prepare all the paper work and necessary documents involved and
as the manager of the branch and custodian of the deposit.
I will ensure that all the documents regarding this Money reflect your
name as the next of Kin to Late Mr. Alfred Carlson.
I will share the money with you in the ratio 35:5:60. 35% for your
effort,5%for logistics and 60% for me.
I want to assure you that there is virtually no risk on your person as
you will not be made to appear in person and all the paper work will be
prepared in your name by me.
To achieve this: you will first of all, assure me that you will
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.
Reply to my confidential email eastydlawrence2@yahoo.co.uk or you
could fax me on +448701351830
Please observe utmost confidentiality.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Regards.
Easty David Lawrence
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