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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: "Patrick Cole" <pcole2k6@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:59:53 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ DETAILS CAREFULLY AND RESPOND
Hello Alan,
How are you?Thank you for your response to my
mail.Please read carefully as I am going to explain in
details why I mailed you.I am sure you are not
actually related to this person because I have since
carried out a search on his actual extended family
ties and which efforts have been to no avail and hence
my contacting you.I will give you a call,then we can discuss
further on the way forward.
I had contacted you to solicit your honest assistance
in profiling funds belonging to my late client. I want
you to consider the details so you could understand
the further reasons I need your co-operation.I am giving
you my word that all informations passed down to me will
be kept CONFIDENTIAL between the both of us.
My mail to you was written as a matter of last resort
because of the circumstances surrounding this claim
right now.Robert Kain was an oil merchant and he had oil
dealings around Europe and Africa. He died in 2000 at
54 along side his wife, Maria, 46, and their only
daughter, Katharine, 11.They were Christians.
He lived most of his years here in the U.K but
traveled often.I served as his private attorney for
the last eleven years preceding his death, just after
the birth of Katharine.Robert migrated into England a
long time ago as an orphan.
I know you may not be anyway related to my client but
you need to understand the main reason I contacted
you. I contacted you because after the death of my
late client, I was informed by the finance company to
search for any member of his extended family to put up
a claim, or who could be so represented as managers or
trustees for his deposited funds with them which
stands due to the fact that he died with his immediate
family members.
After preliminary efforts of search that came to no
avail, I was given an ultimatum to look for some one
to come for the claim or have the funds liquidated and
made unserviceable in accordance with existing laws
because it will be assumed that no member of his
family is alive.
However, it might interest you to know that, after a
thorough investigation in the finance company, I found
out that some members of the company are currently
planning to divert this fund in their selfish interest
and only want to use the excuse that since I am not
able to look for some one to make the claim, the money
should be made unserviceable and that means reverting
the fund to the Government while the company retains a
percentage of it.
After unraveling their plans and professional
consideration on my part, I decided to look for some
one credible,with the same last name with my late
client, to apply for this claim due to the fact that I
have at my possession some legal documents which are
very important and which might be requested by them
and which, can only be provided by my chambers since
they have been with us.
I feel and know that you will be able to make this
claim SUCCESSFULLY because of your last name which is
the same as that of my late client's and as a result
of this I do not want the company to be aware that I
contacted you first in order to prevent them from
going into much investigations on whom you actually
are and that can put the success of this transaction
on the line. I want you to be rest assured that this
is legal with no risk involved, since all the legal
documents that give you the right to make the claim is
available.
This is a deal I am offering you and I want you to
know that it requires only a mature mind to understand
all I am saying.I am taking my time to explain all these
to you now because I want you to see the reasons why my name
should never be mentioned any time you are discussing
with the members of the company and why this
transaction has to be kept really confidential in
order for us to be able to achieve our goals neatly.
NOTE that if they request to know how you came to know
that your family member (Robert) had such an amount of
funds with them and who contacted you, which I am not
sure they will ask, but in order to be on the safer
side, if you are asked, be confident to tell them that
the extended family discovered some documents in his
archives showing that Mr.Robert lodged such funds
with them and that is why you have been sent by the
paternal family to contact the bank. Anyway, further
deliberations will be held on this as we proceed.
I want you to know that I have these documents to show
to you as proof but I cannot release them for your
perusal now for security reasons until I have attained
your confidence. I will provide you with any
information you need as we proceed.
Please bear in mind that you have to be really sure if
you are going ahead or not for I do not want to
jeopardize the success of this transaction which means
so much to me at the moment. I will wait for your
response and please do not forget about the discreet
nature of this transaction. I will advice you give me
a call on +44-702-401-6878 after going through this
mail.Remember to add 011 which is your country international
dailing code before you add my numbers.
Take note of the mode of sharing after a second
thought,50% for me 40% for you and 10% for expenses
that might be incurred during the course of the
transaction. If you have gone through this mail and
you feel it is well understood, Please get back to me
telling me if you are willing to go ahead or not so
that I can give you the contact of this finance
company where this fund is lodged and then inform you
too of how to proceed.
Thanks.
Patrick Cole(Esq)
Phone:+44-702-401-6878
N.B:DIAL 011 BEFORE DIALING MY NUMBER AND YOU WILL BE CONNECTED TO ME
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