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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: "karim michael" <karimmichael76@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: karimmichael200@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:44:35 +0000
Subject: CONSIDER MY URGENT REQUEST.
I MAKE THIS APPEAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY FACTS OR OPINION
EXPRESSED BY ME ARE GIVING IN CONAFIDENCE AND SOLELY FOR YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND USE. Meanwhile I had already sent you this same letter two
weeks ago, but I am not sure if it did get to you since I have not heard
from you, i am Mr: karimmichael The manager of bill and exchange at the
foreign remittance department of my Bank.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of US$8.5M, (Eight Million,
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with account number 14-2558-5976 that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his wife and
only daughter in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight number 261 which
crashed on January 31, 2000. You shall read more about the crash on visiting
this site http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/The owner of
this account is Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and
a resident of Alaska.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and for our bank to release the money to you. You have to
follow the instruction which I will be send to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody
is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into our bank treasury as
unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after nine 9 years, the money will be transfered
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The money has now stayed more than
seven to eight years and I am preparing documentaion to prove that this
money has been transfered to our bank treasury. It will be between me and
you only that will know that the money is not transfered into our treasure.
This request of foreigner as next of kin in this transaction is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabé cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner. In appreciation of your assistance, I am
offering you 30% of the total sum. 5% for contingencies (cost of
transfer/other charges) likely to be incurred during the course of
transaction, while the remaining 65% is for me.Upon receipt of your reply.
I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application which you
will complete and forward to our bank asking for this money to be paid to
you as the next of kin to Mr;Morris Thomson. I will not fail to bring to
your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not
entertain any fear as all required arrangements have been made for the
transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail through
the above email. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SHOULD YOU
CONSIDER MY URGENT REQUEST.
Yours Faithfully,
I Mr karimmichaelI MAKE THIS APPEAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY FACTS OR
OPINION EXPRESSED BY ME ARE GIVING IN CONAFIDENCE AND SOLELY FOR YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND USE. Meanwhile I had already sent you this same
letter two weeks ago, but I am not sure if it did get to you since I have
not heard from you, i am Mr: karimmichael The manager of bill and exchange
at the foreign remittance department of my Bank.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of US$8.5M, (Eight Million,
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with account number 14-2558-5976 that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his wife and
only daughter in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight number 261 which
crashed on January 31, 2000. You shall read more about the crash on visiting
this site http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/The owner of
this account is Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and
a resident of Alaska.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and for our bank to release the money to you. You have to
follow the instruction which I will be send to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody
is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into our bank treasury as
unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after nine 9 years, the money will be transfered
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The money has now stayed more than
seven to eight years and I am preparing documentaion to prove that this
money has been transfered to our bank treasury. It will be between me and
you only that will know that the money is not transfered into our treasure.
This request of foreigner as next of kin in this transaction is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabé cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner. In appreciation of your assistance, I am
offering you 30% of the total sum. 5% for contingencies (cost of
transfer/other charges) likely to be incurred during the course of
transaction, while the remaining 65% is for me.Upon receipt of your reply.
I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application which you
will complete and forward to our bank asking for this money to be paid to
you as the next of kin to Mr;Morris Thomson. I will not fail to bring to
your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not
entertain any fear as all required arrangements have been made for the
transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail through
the above email. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SHOULD YOU
CONSIDER MY URGENT REQUEST.
Yours Faithfully,
I Mr karimmichael
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