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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: raymond rich <raymond_rich_001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: raymondr_ich@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:00:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend,
Dear Friend,
I wish to accost you with a request that would be of
immense benefit to both of us. Being an executor of
wills, it is possible that we may be tempted to make
fortune out of our client's situations, when we cannot
help it, or left with no better option. The issue I am
presenting to you is a case of my client who willed a
fortune to his next-of-kin. It was most unfortunate
that he and his next-of-kin died on the same day in
the Sharja plane crash of Tuesday 10 February 2004. I
am now faced with confusion of who to pass the fortune
to.
According to the English law, the fortune is supposed
to be bequeathed to the government. However, I don't
belong to that school of thought which proposes that
the fortune of unlucky people be given to the
government.My purpose of contacting you is to seek
your acting as the beneficiary of the will, and lay
claim the legacy of Ã,£12.4million, which this
unfortunate client of mine bequeathed to his
next-of-kin. For now, I alone know about his will, as
my client has great confidence in me.
Everything will be left between you and I. The share
would be 25% for you and 75% for me. I would want to
take care of the needy and less privileged, as this is
my primary objective. All I have to do is amend the
will to make you the beneficiary to the
£12.4million legacy.
Again, I feel that you may apprehensive and consider
this amount too big for you to defend. It does not
matter, as there are documents to back it up. This is
a legacy being passed on to a next-of-kin. As I am not
very sure of getting your consent on the issue I
prefer not to divulge my full identity so as not to
risk being disbarred. The English Bar considers it a
breach of the oath of the English Bar. I need not
emphasize to you that the sensitivity of this issue
need not be toyed with by neglecting its
confidentiality. I therefore appeal to you not discuss
this request with anybody, even if you decline my
request.
Until I am sure of your consent and full cooperation,
I would prefer that we maintain correspondence by
email. At this point I want to assure you that your
true consent, full cooperation and confidentiality are
all that are required for us to take full advantage of
this opportunity.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours truly
Raymond Rich.
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