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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: "yau edwards" <eeddyyaauu888@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: eeddyyaauu@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:12:11 +0100
Subject: I WAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY
MR EDWARD YAU.
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED(UK BRANCH)
65 CORNHILL, LONDON , EC3V 3NP
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
Geetings,
I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I chose to reach you
through it because it is the fastest,surest and most secured medium of
communication. However,this correspondence is un-official and private,and
it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction
is hitch free from all what you may think of.
I am Mr Edward Yau of SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED (London Branch) I am
contacting you based on> Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to
this transaction.
The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL
BANK LIMITED UK) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of
WAI-CHING CHUNG, who was ne of my branch depositor, should be declared
Dormant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury
according to UK Banking and financial law. He died in worldtrade centre as
a victims of the september 11,2001.Incident that befall the United State of
America,the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the
relatives to claim this money but
without success, you can confirm through this site:
http://www.september11victims.com/september11Vctims/victims_list.htm
MR WAI-CHING CHUNG is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar
account with the sum of US$58.2M (Fifty Eight Million, two Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with my branch
.In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the Dollar account holder(the
brother) nor any relative of him has shown up for
the claim this because he has the account as a > secret account thus he left
all the documents for > the deposit with me.
This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in. I want you
to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the relevant
documents and contacts to file the application and then ffect the approvals
for the transfer of the money, I will be the one to provide the ital
documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we
should handle it.Please include your
telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this mail and I will give
you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in
this transaction.
We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the
claims.Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as I
am in position to afix your name as the next of kin.
The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully without trace even in future. After the transfer of
the money we shall share the money 50-40-10.that is I will have 50% while
you will have 40%, then 10% for any expenses incured.
I await your urgent response to this mail.
Yours Truly,
MR EDWARD YAU.
(London Branch SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED UK
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