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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: KEN RALPH <kenralphok@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:12:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Very Urgent
VICTIMNAME,
I have received your mail.Please endeavour to send your account name and number.
The late steve moore died together with his family via air crash , may their souls rest in perfect peace amen, before his death, he left the sum of $32,000,000.00 in his credit with this bank, this great bank in his able power made pretty efforts to find the existing heir to the family, but proved abortive since he died together with all his family.
The bank now mandated that anybody that see the surviving heir to the family should tell him/her come over with proof to claim the fund, as a confidant to the deceased and an account officier, i have with me the information about the steve moore which can make us have this fund. i would have laid claim on this transaction, but i will not be endorsed by the bank because i am not a foreigner which late steve moore was. As a result of this constrain, i decided to contact you to stand as the heir to late steve moore and i will furnish you with all the information that will make us triumph over this transaction, only that you must be trusted and never to betray the trust repose on you.
I must asure you once again that this transaction is risk free. please send the following to me via email so that i will quickly apply to the bank and the remittance department of wema bank plc will contact you as heir to late steve moore and beneficiary of the aforsaid subject matter. please see the followings are sent as a matter of urgency .
1. Your Names in Full
2. Your Phone and Fax Number
3. The bank account where you wish the fund be transferred to.
4. Your postal Address
When i receive aforementioned information, i will quickly apply to the bank and they will contact you once they have received approval from federal ministry of finance.Be assured that what so call barrister Eze did to you will never happen in this transaction.
Waiting to hear from you. call me on 234 80 54501919 for more verbal conversation
Ken Ralph
I apologize for the late reply.
Last year I received an email about an inheritance in Cote d'Ivoire. Even though I paid almost £2500 ($5000) in fees to Barrister Eze, I have not yet received the money.
I don't want to get burnt again.
Can I really trust you?
VICTIMNAME
Harrow, London
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