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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: "Mr James Clerk" <jamesclerk1122@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: james_clerk332@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:37:50 +0100
Subject: Dear Lange
Dear Lange,
My name is James Clerk, I work with a Bank here in United Kingdom (name
withheld for security reasons). I have urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you as rightly unveiled below. In January 2002, an American
Oil Consultant/Contractor (Lewis Lange) made a numbered-time (fixed deposit)
for twelve calendar months valued at (£28.5 M) TWENTY EIGHT MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UK POUND STERLING,Upon maturity I sent a routine
notification of Account status to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After two months, we sent a reminder of same letter, and finally we
discovered from his contact employers, (Halliburton Oil Services Company)
that Mr. Lewis Lange died in auto crash.
After further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and
all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that he did not declare any next of kin
in all his official documents, including his Bank deposit papers. This sum
of £28,500,000.00 is still floating in our Bank and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
Subsequent to these several unsuccessful attempts to track his last name
over the Internet in order to locate any member of his family therefore, I
decided to contact you. I have contacted you to assist in securing this
money before they are confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank. It
is therefore, upon discovery that I decided to make business with you and
release the money to you as next of kin or relation to the deceased for
safekeeping and subsequent disbursement, since nobody is coming for it and I
do not want this money go back into Government's treasury as unclaimed bill.
Note that it does not necessarily matter, whether you are biologically
related to the deceased or not. As you may bear with me, a next of kin maybe
a parent, sister, brother, close relative, business associate, friend or
even a well-wisher. therefore,whether you are related to him or not is
never a barrier to realizing the transaction.The important thing is that I
have every detailed information regarding the said account (investment) and
the deceased also. This transaction is aimed at investing in a Blue Chip
Company in your Country or any other Country under a joint business
partnership with you. However, if you want certain percentage of the deposit
for your involvement, please do let me know so that we negotiate on your
share. Once the deposit is secured, thereafter, I will visit your country,
for the sharing and investment thereof. Note, that every arrangement has
been put in place for a smooth and successful transaction.On receipt of your
positive response, I will give you full details and information on this
transaction.
Please indicate your willingness to proceed in this project and send me your
full name and address,telephone/fax numbers to facilitate communication.
Waiting to hear from you.
Thanks,
James Clerk
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