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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: "Monrow Tony" <monrow_tony22@student.com>
Reply-To: tonymonrow22@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:31:00 -0700
Subject: Can You Handle?
*UNITED TRUST BANK LIMITED
80 Haymarket London
SW1Y 4TE
England
I would not have used this medium (Internet) I choose to reach you
through it because it is the fastest, surest and most secured medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and
it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is
hitch free from all what you may think of.
I am Dr.Tony Monrow, UNITED TRUST BANK LIMITED BANK LIMITED (London
Branch) I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be
attached to this transaction. The Management and the Legal department of our
BANK (UNITED TRUST BANK LIMITED BANK LIMITED UK) in a recent meeting,
recommended that the account of Charles Burlingame, who was one of my branch
depositor, should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund
sent to the Bank Treasury according to UK Banking and financial law. He died
in world trade center as a victims of the September 11,2001 incident that
befall the United State of America and he was the Plane's captain. He is
survived by a wife, a daughter and a grandson.The bank has made series of
efforts to contact any of the relatives to claim his money but without
success, you can confirm through this site:
http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/victims_list.htm
Mr. Charles Burlingame is an account holder in my branch, he owns a
dollar account with the sum of US$8.2M (Eight Million Two Hundred
Thousand,United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with my
branch. In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the Dollar account
holder(the brother) nor any relative of her has show up for the claim of
this because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the
documents for the deposit with me.
This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in. I want
you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the relevant
documents and contacts to file the application and then effect the approvals
for the transfer of the money. I will be the one to provide the vital
documents for the claim of the money and then advise you exactly how we
should handle it. Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address
when replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you
indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction.
We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up
the claims. Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as
I am in position to fix your name as the next of kin. The whole Procedures
will last only 7 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without
trace even in future. After the transfer of the money we shall share the
money 60-40. That is I will have 60% while you will have 40%. PLEASE REPLY
ONLY ON MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS AS FOLLOWS.
tonymonrow22@hotmail.com
Yours truly,
Dr.Tony Monrow
(London Branch)
UNITED TRUST BANK LIMITED UK
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