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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: Andrew Williams <william44andrew@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: william44andrew@excite.com
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:59:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VERY URGENT{REPLY ASAP}
Dear Steve Pfeffer
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum
of money from a deceased customer's account 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
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone
apprehensive,I would like to assure you that we are sending you this mail
with the best of intensions.Since then We have been trying to get this funds
out of the bank, the sum of US$20,000,000.00)in an account that belongs to
our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in the above accident stated above.
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$20,000,000.00) 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.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
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 30
percent of the fund 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.If this proposal is acceptable by you,
do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you,
I await your urgent response to this email. You can as well reach me via:
william44andrew@excite.com
Regards,
Mr.Andrew Williams
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