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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: brianupton@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:14:37 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?sir/madam?=
I am Mr.Brian Upton, INSTITUTIONAL FUND SERVICES, HSBC Bank PLC, London
international Branch, I don't know if you can handle this transaction and
keep this money in a safe account where we can invest it,i discovered that
one of my bank customer,Mr.SHARIF QURESHI ,a Pakistanis by birth ,was killed
in a car bomb at Pakistan outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi with his
family by suicide bomber that want to bomb U.S.Consulate.he has being a
private resident here in London for 3 years, made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit, valued at $12,500,000.00(Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) for twelve calendar months in my Branch. As representative
with contacts in the London international Branch,upon the car bomb at Pakistan
outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi in his home country of Pakistan, in
which he was on a private visit to see is sick old parents, i have made
personal contacts to his resident here in London and through some foreign
mission in Pakistan, and has discovered that he and his entire family perished
in the said car bomb in Pakistan.On further investigation, it also discovered
that he died without making a WILL (En-state) and all attempts to trace
his next of kin was fruitless. it was discovered in the Late Mr.SHARIF QURESHI
bank papers that the only persons stated as his entitled next of kin is
his only wife, who also died with him in the car bomb, so presently their
is no persons to declare as the next of kin to the said fund and as it stand
now , No person will ever come forward to claim it. As the bank papers/documents
have only his late wife name, since they have no child before their sudden
death. In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and constitution, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies as
the next of Kin to claim the funds within certain period. Consequently,
I shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin
to late Mr. SHARIF QU RESHI so t hat you and I can benefit from the fruits
of this man's labor. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use
my position as the senior Bank's personnel in the Institutional fund services,
HSBC BANK PLC, to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution
of this transaction. Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality
is required. If this interests you, please reply me immediately and please
include your private phone number for voice contact and fax number so that
I can provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help
you understand the transaction better. Awaiting your urgent reply through
my email address,brian-upton@excite.com
Thanks Brian Upton
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