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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: Cho Lee <cholee2007@myway.com>
Reply-To: cholee2007@sify.com
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 21:44:14 +1000 (EST)
Subject: If you are Interested, please reply immediately
From the desk of:
Dr. Cho Lee,
Bank of china,
Shenzhen,
Republic of China.
I am Dr. Cho Lee, Bank Manager of Bank of China,
Shenzhen Branch, China. I have urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you. A British
Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid
Minerals Corporation, mr Raymond Beck made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months, valued at Thirty Million US dollars in my
branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification
to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, the Chinese Solid
Minerals Corporation, that Mr. Raymond Beck died in
a plane crash along with his wife Mrs Doreen Beck in
Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999 air crash
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm).
Since we got this information about his death. On
further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that Mr. Raymond Beck
did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank. This sum of Thirty Million
dollars is still sitting in my Bank and the interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of each year. No one will ever come forward to
claim it. According to Laws of Republic of China, at
the expiration of 7 (Seven) years, the money will
revert to the ownership of the Chinese Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is for you as a foreigner,
to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Raymond Beck
so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not
get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials. This is simple, I will like you to
provide immediately your full names and address so
that the attorney will prepare the necessary
documents and affidavits that will put you in place
as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of
an attorney for drafting and notarization of the
WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and
letter of probate/administration in your favor for
the transfer.
A bank account in any part of the world that you
will provide will then facilitate the transfer of
this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of eighty percent for me and
twenty percent for you. There is no risk at all as
all the paperwork for this transaction will be done
by the attorney and my position as the Branch
Manager guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.
If you are Interested, please reply immediately via
the private email address above. Upon your response,
I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction. Please send me your confidential
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Regards,
Dr. Cho Lee.
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