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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 Stewart Barculo <stewart_barculo190uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:33:51 +0200
Subject: RE:I await your response
Standard Life Bank,
30 Lothian Road,
Edinburgh EH1 2DH
Good Day To You,
Though i have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached
you on this issue being that the internet has been greatly abused over the recent
years and is very unsecured for informations of vital importance. I have decided
to take the chance seeing that no other means could have been faster and more
efficient than the E-mail
I am Stewart Barculo, Staff Standard Life Bank Limited.I am contacting you
concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our banks
management three years ago.I would respectfully request that you keep the contents
of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by
as a result of this mail. I contacted you independently of our investigation and no
one is informed of this communication. I would like to intimate you with certain
facts that I believe would be of interest to you.In 2000,
the subject matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our
private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of fifty
million united states
dollars($50,000,000,00).i want you to stand as the bona-fide next of kin to the
desease.
My proposal; you share the same surname With our late client; I am prepared to
place you in a position to instruct The security Firm to release the deposit to you
as the closest surviving relation.Upon receipt of the deposit,I am prepared to
share the money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next
of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds 50% for me,
50% for you Should you be interested please send me your full
names,privatephone/fax number and A valid identification,The only thing that you
are going to do is to open an account in your name and this is going to be your
personal account in an offshore bank and send the details to me for us to transfer
the funds from here. I will prefer you reach me on my private email address below
And finally after that i shall provide you with more details of this
transaction.Your earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated.
EMAIL ;stewart_bar_4@yahoo.co.uk
I await your response.
Mr Stewart Barculo.
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