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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: "steven barlow" <stvnbarlow1010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stvnbarlow1010@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:25:48 +0100
Subject: Compliments
Compliments
Steven Barlow.
24 Metro Business Centre
Kangley Bridge Road
London SE26 5BW
Good Day julian ,
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it with seriousness. This
letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only
a day that people meet and become great friends and business
partners This is a personal email directed to you and I request that
it be treated as such it is not a hoax mail please. I am Barrister
Steven Barlow,a solicitor at law.
I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr Randolf
sturrock, hereinafter referred to as 'my client' who worked as an
independent oil magnate in my country and who died in a car crash
with his immediate family on the 4th of oct,1998. Since the death of
my client in oct,1998, I have written several letters to the embassy
with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be
claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all
such efforts have been to no avail.
Moreso,I have received official letters in the last few weeks
suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned
personal assets in line with existing laws by the bank in which my
client deposited the sum of £3.8 million pounds.
On this note i decided to search for a credible person and finding
that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that
I may,with your consent, present you to the "trustee" bank as my
late client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up a
claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client.
I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you bear a similar
last name with my client making it a lot easier for you to put up a
claim in that capacity.I propose that 40% of the net sum will accrue
to you at the conclusion of this deal in so far as I do not incur
further expenses.
Therefore, to facilitate the immediate transfer of this fund, you
need, first to contact me via signifying your interest and as soon
as I obtain your confidence,I will immediately appraise you with the
complete details as well as fax you the documents, with which you
are to proceed and i shall direct on how to put up an application to
the bank.
However, you will have to accent to an express agreement which I
will forward to you in order to bind us in this transaction.
Upon the reciept of your reply,I will send you by fax or E-mail the
next step to take.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears
as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of
this transfer. Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality
on this proposal
Please send me your phone numbers fax number full names and
complete contact address so I can call you to discuss this matter.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Steven Barlow.(Esq)
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