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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: "George Willis" <georgewis5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: georgewis1@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:03:43 +0000
Subject: THIS CORRESPONDENCE REFERS TO YOU.
DESK OF GEORGE WILLIS.
PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT/CREDIT MANAGER,
STANDARD BANK PLC. LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.
E-mail geogwillis@latinmail.com
Dear Good Day,
With due esteem respect please I beg your pardon for this unsolicited
nature; it was out of desperation and curiosity that made me to contact you.
To introduce myself, I am Mr. George Willis, I am the personal accountant to
St. John, a national of your country, who used to work with one of the
Biggest Oil Servicing Company here in London, herein, shall be referred as
my customer.
On the Thursday July 7, 2005 3:01 PM, my customer, his wife {Lady Juliet and
their two children {Rose and Dan} were involved in a Three blasts rocked the
London subway and one tore open a packed double-decker bus during the
morning rush hour Thursday, sending bloodied victims fleeing in what a
shaken Prime Minister Tony Blair called ``barbaric'' terrorist attacks. A
U.S. law enforcement official said at least 40 people were killed and London
hospitals reported more than 300 injured, unfortunately, him and his family
were victims that lost their lives. You can view this
page for more information
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5124823,00.html
since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my customers,
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family or any close name to
his, hence I contacted you. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating
the money and property left behind by my client before they get liquidate or
declare it unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged
here in London, where the deceased had his account valued precisely to be
USD$15M (Fifteen Million United States Dollars).
The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account liquidated within the next twenty-one official working days.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand in as the next of
kin to, so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the
hands of some group of corrupt government officials who will get rid of the
money and share it for their own selfish interest and greed.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 weeks
now, I seek your prompt consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at USD$15M can be paid to you and then you and I can share
the money according to any agreed ratio.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Looking forward to your response in this proposal if you are interested, and
I will detail you with more information including my personal telephone
numbers for easy communication.
Truly yours,
Mr. George Willis.
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