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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.JAMES MED" <jmed5050@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.james_med12@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:14:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION PLEASE........
FROM THE DESK OF Mr=A0James med
Apex=A0Global Trust and Finance Securities Company
WEST AFRICA LOME TOGO.
Email:mr.james_med12@yahoo.com
=A0
Dear Friend,=20
=A0
Having read=A0from international news, I=A0understood that due to betrayal =
of trust=A0from=A0some deceiptful Africans, it is not=A0difficult =A0these =
days for one to listen or even pay attention to mail mostly from West Afric=
a.=A0 Sincerely=A0speaking, this had been a burden and =A0worrysome=A0to me=
=A0in writting this message to you long ago,=A0wonderring what you will thi=
nk when receives this message from me being an African, and having not met =
me before.
With due respect, I am Mr=A0James med Please I would want you to take me by=
my words. I am not a man of doubtful character. It is only nature that mov=
e me to contact you,if not, i wonder what will make me to write you in life=
..=A0=A0 I am a banker,with 19 years of banking experience. Just early this =
year, I received an appointment letter from=A0 Apex=A0Global Trust and Fina=
nce Securities Company, and thereby promoted to the office of of Director, =
Audit and Account Unit.=A0 Few weeks after my promotion, I was also favourr=
d=A0by God with devine opportunity,which i would want you to be part in thi=
s graceful opportunity in working with me.
=A0
By the special grace of God,=A0 I discovered unclaimed deposit belonging to=
a foreigner, Late Mr. Arthur Smith of America, with account #AGTFSC/1001/4=
4986-00/tg. Who was among the seven(7) American victims of 12th October 200=
2 Bali Bombing,out of 202 fatalities. To confirm the incident click this si=
te below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_bali_bombing=20
=A0
Since,my discovery,=A0 I, personally have watched with kin interest to see =
any next of kin or beneficiary to this deposit but no one has come up for t=
he claim of=A0 usd$14.5m(fourteen million, five hundred thousand united sta=
tes dollars)which has=A0 being in our security vault for a very long time. =
On this note, i decided to seek for your noble assistance to help me come f=
or the release and transfer of this fund into any of your nominated bank ac=
count abroad. In the sense to make you the beneficiary to this unclaimed de=
posit. As=A0 no one both friends and relatives has come up as the next of k=
in to this deposit and our banking ethnics here does not allow such deposit=
to=A0 stay more than Five years, because after Five years the money will b=
e confiscated into the nation's treasury as an unclaimed deposit.
=A0
In view of this, I got your contact during my thorough search for reliable =
partner, who will not takes an advantage of my active service with the secu=
rity compnay, after which i was convinced of your person to move this trans=
action with you as a foreigner,=A0 The request of the foreigner as a next o=
f kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that, the customer was a =
foreigner and a togolaise can not stand as the next of kin to a foreigner. =
I have agreed to share this money with you in the mutual understanding of=
=A0 65%/35%. You keep 35% while i keep 65%, How about that? Thereafter i wi=
ll visit your country for mutual sharing between both of us upon the transf=
er transfer of the funds. Bear in mind also that i would like to invest my =
own part of the share in your country. As i am almost due for retirement.=
=20
=A0
For us to proceed towards this transaction, you have to send an application=
text to the security company as the next of kin to their deceased customer=
.. I will send you a text of application which you shall re-type and send to=
the finance house, Upon your response to this mail.=A0Less I forget,bear i=
n mind=A0that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain=
any fear as the whole required arrangment has been perfected for the succe=
ssful claim and transfer of this fund.=20
=A0
Don't forget to keep this transaction a top confidential until we achieve o=
ur goal.=A0=A0
Waiting for your positive response=20
Best Regards,
Mr=A0James med=0A=0A=0A
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