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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: benie altar <beniealtar_13@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: beniealtar@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:14:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTENION PLS
From the desk of:
Mr.benie altar
Fortis Bank,
London Uk.
Dear Sir/Ma
I am Mr.benie altar,Bank Manager of Fortis bank ltd,UK Branch.I listed
your name amongst four other names that i picked from the trade site.I
got your contact from the internet & prayed over it & decided to
contact you directly.I have a very urgent & confidential bussiness
proposition for you & for our overall mutual interest.
On june 6 1997,an American oil consultant/contractor with the British
National Petroleum Corporation Mr Barry Kelly made a numbered
time(fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months,valued at
USD$25,000,000.00(twentyfive million dollars) in my branch.Upon
maturity,i sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got
no reply.After a month we sent a reminder,& finally we discovered from
his contract employers,that Mr.Barry died in an automobile accident. On
further investigation,i found out that he did not leave a WILL & all
attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.I therefore made
further investigation & discovered that Mr.Barry did not declare any
next of kin in all his official documents,including his bank deposit
paperwork.
This sum USD$25,000,000.00 is still floating in the bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year.No one will come forward to claim it. According to British Laws,
At the expiration of 7 years,the money will revert to the ownership of
the British government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently,my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as a next of kin of Mr Barry Kelly.This is simple,
(1)I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names &
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents &
affidavits,which will put you as next of kin.
(2)We shall employ the services of two attorneys for drafting &
notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter
of probate/admi nistration in your favour for the transfer.
(3)A bank account in any part of the world,which you will provide to
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as the attorney
and my position will do the paperwork for this transaction as the
branch manager guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.If you are interested,please reply immediately via this
private email address.
Upon your response,I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand.
PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY,and be rest assured that this
would be most profitable for both of us because i shall require your
assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgent
reply via this email above,please save me the anxiety of endless
waiting.
God bless you.
Mr.benie altar.
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